Re: [tied] nominative plural

22-06-03 22:02, Michael J Smith wrote:

> is -ar Germanic nominative plural equivalent to Latin -i, thus Germanic
> Suevar, Cheruscar, etc.?

No, <-ar> is its Old Norse reflex, with rhotacism (-z > -r). The
proto-Germanic ending was *-o:z ~ -o:s < PIE *-o-es

And how would names ending in -ones have been

> said in Germanic, as in Semnones, Gotones, etc.?

PGmc. *-an-(i)z > Goth. -ans, OE -an

Piotr