Re: [tied] IE genitive

Miguel:

>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).

Exactly, Miguel. Although I'd rather write *-osyo, *-o:i, *-o:t, *-o:
and *-o:s because I'm not convinced that these suffixes were ever
truely pronounced with **oe.


- gLeN


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