12-04-2004 04:25,
enlil@... wrote:
> Wait, just thinking some more.
>
> Why is *y included in this set? What instances of nominative
> loss exist after *y? When I think of *rei- "property", there's
> Latin /re:s/ with *-s. Szenerenyi didn't include *y, did he?
> So then where does that come from? Anyone have insight?
Nom.sg. *-s loss is clearly attested in the type to which Skt. sakHa:
'friend' belongs (acc. sakHa:yam, voc. sakhe, nom.pl. sakHa:yaH, dat.sg.
sakHye), from *sékWh2o:(i), *sékWh2oj-, *sekWh2j-. Cf. the Greek
feminine type represented by <e:kHo:> 'echo', <peitHo:> 'persuasion', etc.:
nom. peitHó:
voc. peitHoî
acc. peitHó: (< *peitHoj-a)
gen. peitHoûs, -óos (< *peitHoj-os)
dat. peitHoî (< *peitHoj-i)
*j may have patterned with the natural class of coronal sonorants.
Opinions vary as to whether predorso-palatal sounds count as coronals,
since there is no sharp division between the coronal and dorsal areas
(the "blade" and the "body" of the tongue); it may well be a
language-specific option and as far as I can see there's nothing in the
PIE system to exclude it.
Piotr