Re: [tied] PIE suffix *-ro - 'similar-with'

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] PIE suffix *-ro - 'similar-with'


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> > > That n/r alternation looks similar to that of the heteroclitic
> > > neuter nouns and that postulated for the 3rd pl. ending, -n(t)- vs
> > > -r-. Is the mechanism similar, ie that the -r- was once a
> > > word-final -n# (and after it changed a thematic vowel was added)?
> >
> > Yes, I think it's basically the same mechanism. Namely, *-to-, *-no-
> > and *-ro- arose as different thematisations of the same original
> > suffix -- participial *-(e)nt-. The source of the *-r- variant may
> > have been the the neuter form of the participle, *-n(t)# > *-r,
>
> How about this: -r is the endingless locative of n-stems. That takes
> care of the Germanic 'locatives' in -r (here, there etc) too.
>
>
> Torsten

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Patrick:

If it is 'endingless', in what sense can it be a 'locative'?

Take your choice: an 'indefinite' or a 'definite'. What works better?

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