Re: [tied] 1sg. -o: [was Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule]

Miguel:

> My explanation is that it comes from a lengthened
> variant (in posttonic position) of the
> dual ending *-iH > *-i:H > *-ye:H, with loss of the
> laryngeal after the long vowel, and subsequent
> shortening of unstressed *-e:.

Now, in comparison, doesn't MIE *-ah > *-e by straight
forward vocalization of 'syllabic *h1' to *e look so
much simpler?

That way we can hook it up to Proto-Steppe *-uk and
thereby appease Jens' need to connect it with EA and
Uralic plural suffixes in *-k. Win-win, I must say.


= gLeN




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