Re: [TIED] the relative pronoun

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From: Dan Jones

To: Cybalist

Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 10:48 PM

Subject: [TIED] the relative pronoun

 

*kWi- was very likely the original relative stem; *jo- is restricted to Satem +(Phrygian + Hellenic), and therefore not really Common IE. *kWi- (= contracted *kWe + *i-) was declined like the anaphoric pronoun *i-, and *jo- followed other *o-final pronouns in having a baroquely rich set of inflections, partly pronominal, partly borrowed from thematic nouns (with three numbers and three separate genders). Some of them are pretty weird -- they arose from combinations of different enclitics glued together and sometimes distorted by phonetic and analogical processes. Their shape varies from branch to branch, making reconstruction difficult, so the forms cited below should not be taken as gospel -- they only give you a fair idea of what the paradigm must have been like in dialectal IE.

 

*kWi-

 

Singular

Nom. anim. kWis, inanim. kWit

Acc. anim. kWim, inanim. kWit

Gen. kWeso

Abl. kwesmo:t

Dat. kWesmo:i

Ins. kWi:

Loc. kWesmi

 

Plural

Nom. anim. kWejes, inanim. kWix

Acc. anim. kWins, inanim. kWix

Gen. kWeiso:m

Dat. kWeibHjos

Ins. kWeibHi:s

Loc. kWeisu

 

Note: The Anatolian Gen. sg. is *kWel; the *-sm- and *-bHi- endings don't occur in Anatolian, where *-et- is used instead in the Dat./Loc. (sg & pl.).

 

*jo-

 

Singular

Nom. m. jos, f. ja:, n. jot

Acc. m. jom, f. ja:m, n. jot

Gen. m./n. jeso, f. josja:s

Abl. m./n. josmo:t, f. josja:s

Dat. m./n. josmo:i, f. josja:i

Ins. m./n. jo:, f. josja:

Loc. m./n. josmi, f. josja:i

 

Plural

Nom. m. joi, f. ja:s, n. ja:

Acc. m. jons, f. ja:ns, n. ja:

Gen. m./n. joiso:m, f. ja:so:m

Dat. m./n. joibHjos, f. ja:bHjos

Loc. m./n. joisu, f. ja:su

Ins. masculine/neuter joibHi:s, feminine ja:bHi:s

 

Dual

Nom./Acc. masculine jo:, feminine ja:i, neuter joi

Gen./Loc. jous

Dat./Abl./Ins. jobHjo: