Re: [tied] IE genitive

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:58:35 +0200 (MET DST), Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
<jer@...> wrote:

>The problem was: Why does the gen.sg. in *-aH2-os
>which belongs to the class of "a:"-stems whose stem-forming part consists
>of the thematic vowel *-e/o- + the collective marker *-H2 not reduce the
>gen. desinence to the zero-grade form /-s/, given the rule that everything
>following the thematic vowel appears in its reduced form?

What rule is that? As far as I can see, there are unreduced /e/'s and
/o/'s in the masculine thematic G.sg. (*-o-syo), D.sg. (*-o-ei),
Ab.sg. (*-o-ot), perhaps I sg. (*-o-eh1), N.pl. (*-o-es), Gpl.
(*-o-om) and D/Ab pl. (*-o-bhyos).

=======================
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...