Re: [tied] Acc. plural of o- and eh2-stems (was: The disappearanceo

From: Mate Kapovic
Message: 32040
Date: 2004-04-19

----- Original Message -----
From: "elmeras2000" <jer@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Acc. plural of o- and eh2-stems (was: The
disappearanceof *-s -- The saga continues)


> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Mate Kapovic" <mkapovic@...> wrote:
>
>
> > So what would we get from *-a:ns in Latvian?
>
> We get -u from both *-om and *-aH2m, and we find -us in the o-stem
> acc.pl. I would find it very strange if a preform *-a:ns were to
> produce -as and not -us.

OK, and with this I accept *-eh2s as PIE original a. pl. in eh2-stems :-)

Mate