Re: [tied] *kuningaz (again)

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:31:40 -0800 (PST), george knysh
<gknysh@...> wrote:

>I'm trying to focus on a time frame for the
>transformation of this proto-Germanic form (and others
>like it i.e. -az endings) into what existed in
>subsequent Germanic languages and dialects. I've
>started to go through Heyne's Gothic Dictionary and
>noticed a number of words ending in -s. Could some of
>them have been Gothic developments of -az? (While
>other languages just dropped -az altogether).

-az gives -s in Gothic (as do i-stem -iz and C-stem -s/-z).

In Old Norse, -az, -iz, -uz > -r (but C-stems -0). Elsewhere (OE, OS,
OHG) -az > -0 (I don't know if by way of -ar > -r > -0, or -ar > -a >
-0).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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