[tied] Re: Another way of arriving at ablaut

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

> tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> > Probably more like the hiatus you proposed for the suffix of

Slavic adj.

> > m./n. gen.sg. -o.o- > -oGo- (> -ogo-)/-owo-. BTW could something

similar

> > be responsible for Slavic m./n. gen.pl. -o.om- > -o.U- (note the
> > German pronunciation of Slavic placenames in <-ow> as /-o:/) > -

ow > -ov

> > -of ?
>
> The gen.pl. -ow comes from the u-stems, where it is regularly -owU

< *-ow-o(:)m or *-ew-o(:)m.

So it spread from the u-stems, is that what you're saying?

Torsten