--- "Brian M. Scott" <
BMScott@...> wrote:
> At 12:13:25 AM on Thursday, February 15, 2007, Sean
> Whalen
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The changes in the vowels are just as seen in
> *gYhyempY+ >
> > *gYomuf+ > gaeaf, etc.
>
> How does this square with OW <gaem>?
I'd say there's met. (not just in Welsh) at the
stage when *gYomuf+ > *gYoMuv+ > *gYovuM+ (possibly
under the influence of 'summer'). Also, I believe
that the nom. and stem would undergo slightly
different rules (in other nouns also). I can't know
exactly which cases would change in which ways, but
the existence of two alternate forms (one unattested
in OW) seems possible.
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