Is there any explanation why some IE languages
dropped -s and another didnt?
Ending -S is kept in:
Baltic
Latin (even Romance)
Proto-Celtic, Gaulish
Greek
Hittite
Ending -S is dropped in:
Germanic
Slavic
Sanskrit (>h)
Avestic
Armenian
Modern Celtic languages
Tocharian
Is there any reason to drop the -s ? Accent
position? Substratum? The presence or ausence can be used to define some kind of
group?
Joao SL