Re: Germanic nominal declensions

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>
> o-stems:
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> PIE PGmc
> Nom. *-os *-az
> Runic -az, Goth. -s, ON -r, WGmc -0. No problems.
>
> Acc. *-om *-aN
> n. *-om *-aN
> Runic -a, ENWGmc. -0. P. Ramat suggests that the famous

inscription "ek

> hlewagastiz holtijaz horna tawido" is perhaps better translated

as "I

> Hlewagastiz [son] of Holt made [these] two horns", but I don't know

if that

> is meant as a suggestion that *-aN had perhaps already been reduced

to -0

> in Runic, or as a suggestion that perhaps the dual was still alive

in

> Germanic at that early stage. In any case, he reconstructs PGmc. *-

aN.

>

'Horn' is neuter. Isn't this a nom./acc. pl. ending -a? (Danish still
sg. 'horn', pl. 'horn')

Torsten