[tied] Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule

> The gen.sg. in *-osyo is that of nouns, the pronominal form is *-
> esyo. That indicates to me (we have had frustrating quarrels over it
> here) that the sibilant of the genitive was voiceless, and that the
> collocation *-e-s + *-yo (containing some reduced form of the
> relative pronoun) does not contain the same elements as the
> nominative *-o-z (> *-o-s); or, conversely, that the nom. *-o-z (> *-
> o-s) does not contain an old genitive.
>

How about this:
Some people stayed aware of the composite nature of the new thematic
genitive and pronounced it *-oz-yo (and if the sibilant hadn't been
voiced before, the following /y/ now saw to that).
And some people had no clue and pronounced *-e-syo.
Note: /o/ before voiced, /e/ in open syllable.


Torsten