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

--- 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.


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