Re: [tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 26762
Date: 2003-11-01

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 07:23:25 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>Thank you Miguel, that was the point for me of the missing "r" here.
>What appears interesting is why for masculine it remained *-z, but for
>feminine and plural we have the rothacised form of it:
>"des bruders" but "der schwester"; "meines" versus fem. "meiner", etc.

The masculine didn't have *z. It had *s (PIE *-osyo > PGmc. *-as(a)).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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