From: Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
Message: 44131
Date: 2006-04-05
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
[JER:]
> > 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.
> Why would such a reinterpretation be applied to s-stems?
The us-participle has voc. cákr.vas, dat.pl. cakr.vádbhyas, instr.pl.
cakr.vádbhis. Likewise, stems in -vant form voc. -vas, dat.pl. -
vadbhyas, -vadbhis (and -mant forms -mas, -madbhyas, -madbhis). The
two sets also share the ntr.sg. in -vat, -mat. Thus, there is very
plainly an association between s- stems and nt-stems in Indic.
Jens