On 2008-03-24 19:48, Patrick Ryan wrote:
> do you think there is any chance that *o-stems are a result of the
> suffixing
> of the first element of the Hoffmann suffix (*H3)?
Frankly, no chance at all. By the way, the thematic vowel (also in nouns
and adjectives), is *-e/o- rather than just *-o-. For example, the
vocative of *wl.kW-o-s is *wl.kW-e, and the neuter collective or
feminine of *new-o- is *new-a-h2 < **new-e-h2 (not **new-o-h2!).
If Olsen is right about the Hoffmann suffix being originally a verbal
noun ('load, charge, burden'), then of course the initial consonant
can't be detached from the rest.
Piotr