Re: [tied] The Rise of Feminines (aka Where's Waldo)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:43:29 +0000, elmeras2000
> <jer@...> wrote:

> >Do you really mean to equate the desinential part of nominatives
> >like Vedic ay-ám and OLat. qoi, Celtic *kWei, Germ. *hwai (OE
> >hwa: 'who') with the *-oy of the plural cases of pronouns and
> >thematic nouns?
>
> No. I equate the -e: in Vedic nom.pl. imé: with it.

Oh, sorry about that. But I find that hard to believe too. It would
mean that the inflection of the nouns is better preserved than that
of the pronouns, although the inflection is basically the same.

Jens