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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> The source is not just id-em but also eod-em, ead-em. When final -

d is last

> on the ablative, the last two are reanalysed as eo-dem, ea-dem.

This is the

> real source of the -dem suffix.

That may be the missing link. I see now that's what Sihler gives.
Other prominent handbooks don't seem to offer anything. It's one if
those things you only have to be told once, then the matter is
settled. My compliments for the very clear account.

Jens