Re: [tied] Re: The dual.

On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:08:17 -0000, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>Non-inherited secondary dual formations have occasionally arisen here
>and there, e.g. in Cornish, with a form of the numeral "two" prefixed
>to nouns that referred (only) to paired body parts, e.g. <lagasow>
>eyes (of different people) vs. <dewlagas> the eyes (of a single
>person).

The Germanic dual pronouns (Gothic <wit> "we two", *<jut> "you two")
also appear to be secondary. The Lith. forms <mudu>/<vedu> and <judu>
are clearly so.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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