Re: Fun with prenasalized stops.txt

> This Old Irish nasalization takes place after former previous nasal,
> and its surprising it should happen here. The only ending that looks
> promising for postulating an ending in a nasal is *-au/*-a:, which
> would then be *-onW/-o:, and perhaps *-inW/*-unW for the -i and
> -u-stem's *-i: and *-u:. Why it is limited to the neuter in Old Irish,
> I don't know. The Dsg of "two" is Skt. dvabhyam.
>

I forgot: In Old Irish the numerals 7, 8, 9 and 10 all nasalize the
following initial. PIE 7, 9 and 10 end in nasal, but 8 is a dual.


Torsten