[tied] Re: The personal pronouns of PIE (and other families) are lo

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

Just out of curiosity:

> That is neither easier nor correct. OE <þa:> gives ME
> <tho:>, <the>, which regularly develops into the plural
> definite article. The emphatic form OE <þa:s> becomes the
> ME demonstrative <tho:s(e)> > ModE <those>.

Was the -s in origin the plural ending (ModE -(e)s)?

> The 3pl. personal pronoun, OE NA. <hi:e>, <he:o>, G.
> <heora>, D. <he:om> regularly gives ME N. <hi>, <hy>, G.
> <heore>, <here>, <hire>, <hore>, <hure>, <hare>, DA. <heom>,
> <hem>, <hom>, <ham> in the South.

Where did all of those different vowel qualities come from?

- Rob