Re: The personal pronouns of PIE (and other families) are loans

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, g <st-george@...> wrote:

>
> > And if it's a universal tendency, how come people are
> > only 'mundfaul' north of the Weisswurstäquator and not in the

former

> > Celtic areas?
>
> What do you mean? (Since there are various forms that have been
> preserved north of the white sausage "border" (or at least north of

the

> Cologne-Berlin-Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad line; where one says at least
> <ik>, in contrast with the mere <i> of the Bavarians/Austrians, e.g.

<I

> mog nimma, i konn nimma, i wui nimma> :-))
>

To my knowledge, south of that border, dative is preserved everywhere,
north of it, it is mostly lost. Also 'Einheitsplural' (-n or -t in
verbs) is a northern thing. Correct me if I'm wrong.


Torsten