Re: [tied] Risoe fo the Feminine (was: -osyo 3)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, enlil@... wrote:

> Richard to Jens:
> > The theory of a late development of the feminine requires the
> > development of feminine adjectives.
>
> No, the "theory of a late development of the feminine" requires
> only a simple reinterpretation and newfound application of an
> existing suffix used for collectivity or diminuation, *-ex.

Newfound application as what? To have gender you need agreement in
gender. Without agreement in gender, you don't have gender.

Richard.