Re: Bader's article on *-os(y)o

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> Aren't 'suffix' and 'desinence' the same thing?

No. A final desinence is a sort of suffix, but Miguel is talking of
other types of suffix.

> > The "dog" word seems to be a "collective", where the long
> > suffix vowel also causes stress retraction:
> >
> > nom. *k^awá:n-z > *k^wó:n
> > acc. *k^awá:n-m > *k^wónm.
> > gen. *k^awa:n-ás > *k^wéns ~ *k^úns (regularized to *kúnos =
> > Ved. s'únas).
>
> I thought the long o: appeared from compensatory lengthening due to
> the loss of *-s.

So does Miguel. Recompare the nominative and accusative
developments.

Richard.