Re: [tied] Re: Some thoughts...

On 04-09-29 16:45, tgpedersen wrote:

> I see you have found a happy compromise between vowel length
> and /t/ ;-). I assume you mean something like /ð/? Would you ascribe
> some semantic significance to the -ð suffix at that stage?

The original pre-PIE plural ending (as reconstructed by Jens).

> Personally, I'd rather believe a -ð > -þ > -s.

That's possible. It would be premature to insist on particular phonetic
values, but any natural path between **-ð and *-s will do.

Piotr