From: Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
Message: 44111
Date: 2006-04-04
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
[Mate:]
> > Cf. -a:ni in yuga:ni. The -i is the same and the anusva:ra is the
> > -n- from this -ni. Thus vaca:(m.)s(i).
> Where does the -n-/anusva:ra come from, though?
It looks like the result of a reinterpretation of the ablaut of stems
in -nt- (-vant-/-mant-): Where weak cases have -at- (-vat-/-mat-),
strong cases have -ant- (-vant-/-mant-) with apparent n-insertion.
Jens