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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...>
wrote:
> 1. What is the origin of the Lithuanian n-stem nom. acc. dual
ending -iu (as in s^uniu, akmeniu)? Is it at all related to the
Sanskrit ending -au?
No, it's an innovation (analogical after the *jo-stem). The original
ending /-e/ is still vestigially present in Old Lithuanian (eg., <dù
z^mùne> 'two men').
Sergei