Re: [tied] Re: PIE genitive plural *-o:m, a possible analysis

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 44385
Date: 2006-04-22

On 2006-04-22 19:09, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> Of course, *wé:kWs is _not_ what we see if Pokorny is to be
> reliable.

We see *wo:kW-s (Lat. vox, RV va:c-, TB wek, Gk. acc.sg. opa < *wokW-m.,
etc.

> It is rather *wékWos (note: short *e!).

This is an -es-stem (nom./acc. *wékW-os, gen. *wékW-es-e/os ...).

> Do you know of a language displaying such a singular?

Gk. épos, RV vácas-, Av. vac^ah-.

Piotr