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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> I don't get it. Why is neut NAsg o-stem -o (< *-om), when
> msc Asg o-stem is -U (< *-om)?
This has been discussed here pretty often, even, I seem to recall, in
this very thread. The ending -o is generally regarded as reflecting
pronominal *-od. This is a very old insight. As soon as one assumes *-
om yielded anything else than -U, one loses the 1sg secondary thematic
ending of the preterite, e.g. mogU < -om. That is too high a price to
pay. As a matter of fact the hypothesis that *-om yielded -U helps
explain the transition of so many neuter nouns to the masculine gender.
Best, W.