[tied] Re: Indo-Iranian Vowel Collapse (was: IIr 2nd Palatalisation)

From: tgpedersen
Message: 42223
Date: 2005-11-24

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:
>
>
> > The nom.pl. <cildru> (beside <cild>) and gen.pl. <cildra>
indicate
> an
> > iz-neuter, which of course doesn't necessarily mean that the
> formation
> > goes all the way back to PGmc. It may have arisen on the analogy
of
> > *kilbiz-. The modern plural represents a Middle English reflex
of
> > <cildru> plus the weak-noun plural ending, which was often
slapped
> on
> > minor-declension plurals for good measure.
> >
>
> It has pl. -er in both German and Dutch: Kinder, kinderen
>

Erh, I mean in that related word, of course. Ahem.


Torsten