On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:46:50 +0200, Piotr Gasiorowski
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gpiotr@...> wrote:
>It even seems possible to regard the alternative thematic plural in *oi as
>the original unmarked _vocative_ i.e. *wl.kWo-D > *wl.kWoi, and the
>*-oi- part of the locative plural as the old locative plural sans any
>case ending (your solution is similar). BTW, you can see why I need an
>originally voiced *D: the thematic vowel shows up as *o (*wei is a
>special case, like dual *we).
Forgot to mention... I don't think *wey and *ey(es) are
special cases. They are athematic pronominal nominative
plurals, reflecting the pure ending *-ey. The thematic
vowel becomes *-o- before the vowel-initial ending (*-o-ey >
*-oy-), and we can't say anything about the voicedness of
whatever gave the *-y.
Armenian strongly suggests that plural *-esW was voiceless
(*-z(W) would have given -r, not -kh), so that's what I also
assume for the pre-stage of *-ey (**-&c^ ?). This also
speaks against thematic *-o:s coming from *-oD-z (with, I
assume, nominative *-z?), because *-o:sW also gives Armenian
-kh.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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