[tied] Re: PIE genitive plural *-o:m, a possible analysis

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> ***
> Patrick:
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding.
>
> The most transparent examples for this contrast is found in the
> _late_ forms:
>
> bhóro-s, 'act (singular) of bearing, what is borne'
>
> bhoró-s, 'acts (plural) of bearing, bearer'

I fail to see how singularity correlates to nomen actionis and
plurality correlates to nomen agentis.

> My claim would be that the _essential_ difference between these
> two forms is number.
>
>
> Nominally, the fewest additional complications are seen in root
> nouns:
>
> Cé(:)C-s, singular; Co(:)Cé-s, plural (*wékW[o]-s / *wokWé-s)

Yet that is not what we see, is it? Do we not see sg. *wé:kWs vs. pl.
*wékWes? To my knowledge, the nominative plural ending is never accented.

- Rob