Re: [tied] Re: Bader's article on *-os(y)o

Me:

> I can see *iddem reduced, even if irregularly, to /idem/ but the
> other way is logically problematic.

Jens:

> Blame that on the speakers of the language. Resegmentation is not
> uncommon in documented linguistic change. Why ban it from prehistory?

I haven't and I'm glad we agree. So *id-de:mum > *id-dem was resegmented
to *i-dem because 'resegmentation is not uncommon'.


= gLeN