From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 22844
Date: 2003-06-08
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
...
> So what we would expect in the masc. Npl. in Lithuanian is:
>
> noun adjective
> o-stems jo-stems -ijo-stems o/a:-stems jo-/ja:-stems -ijo/-ija:-
stems
> *-ì *-(j)ì *-iai~ *-ì *-(j)ì *-iai~
...
I like your analysis (which implies the analogical levelling occured
before the operation of Saussure's law, but this is hardly a
problem), but may I ask a question: what makes you think *-íe is the
expected outcome of PIE *-oy in Lithuanian? Have I missed something
in your or Jens' postings?
Sergei