Re: [tied] Áss-Asura-Ahura: a god, instead of a class of gods?

On 2006-07-22 22:30, Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> 2. What is the singular form of Vanir?
>
> Vanr.
>
>> If Vanir belongs to the u-class, why it was not Vo,nir? or
>> Venir, with i-umlaut? cf. Áss, Aesir (<*Ansuz, *Ansiwiz)
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> I believe that it's an i-stem; short i-stems usually don't
> show i-umlaut (e.g., <staðr>, nom.pl. <staðir>).

Another possibility is an a-stem with a suppletive i-stem plural
(historically a "tribal" collective).

Piotr