From: Rick McCallister
Message: 45476
Date: 2006-07-22
At 8:32:47 AM on Saturday, July 22, 2006, Joao S. Lopes
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)
I believe that it's an i-stem; short i-stems usually don't
show i-umlaut (e.g., <staðr>, nom.pl. <staðir>).
Brian
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