Re: [TIED] the relative pronoun

From: Dan Jones
Message: 2741
Date: 2000-06-28

What was the anaphoric pronoun *jo- actually used for? I know it occurs in Old Slavic, but I'm not sure of it's use.

 

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski [mailto:gpiotr@...]
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From: Dan Jones
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: