Re: Slavic endings

From: tgpedersen
Message: 45710
Date: 2006-08-14

> > I don't get the whole idea of 'importation from pronouns'.
>
> It's not so difficult to understand. Pronominal endings can and do
> often spread to adjectives first, and then to nouns.

Yes, Piotr said that too.


> > Suppose instead PIE *-od/-o:d
>
> The o-stem ablative ending was *-ood (> Slavic genitive -a, pronominal -
> ogo). There is no *-od.
>

There is only *-o-od, and it becomes *-a, except when pronominal,
where it becomes -oGo ?


Torsten