In article <local.pie/
tovttv4ieq84c06es79vjjib8q7rm81ao0@4ax.com> Miguel Carrasquer <
mcv@...> wrote:
. . .
> initially (anti-hiatus *h-) the normal result is -0-, but medially
> (anti-hiatus *-oho-, *-eho-) we find -g- (> -h- in Upper Sorbian, Czech,
> Slovak, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Southern Russian) and -v- (Northern
> Russian).
But in Upper Sorbian, Czech, etc, all /g/ -> /h/. I can't get to
my Czech historical grammar right now, but I seem to remember Czech
words occurring in early Latin prose (10th & 11th century) in Bohemia
with "g" rather than "h". This would imply (but not require) the
change of *g -> *h in the historic period.
I also don't recall any other instances where PIE or pre-Slavic
medial *s develops into Slavic _g_.
I see what you're thinking, but I have reservations about a phonetic
change that only occurs in one unique grammatical environment. I
also don't have a better explanation of this ending.
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