Re: [tied] Re: What is the plural demonstrative pronoun in PIE?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 46850
Date: 2006-12-31

On 2006-12-31 09:11, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Reconustructed by Beeks (IEL, pp. 204).
>
> Masculine nominative plural: toi
> Neuter plural: teH2
> Feminine: seH2i??
>
> Accusative m. : tons
> Neuter: teH2
> Feminine: teH2ns

The feminine forms are probably post-PIE. The oldest nom.pl. of feminine
*sa-h2 seems to have been *tah2-es (Skt. ta:s, OCS ty, Lith. to~s, etc.)
with *tah2-i as a dialectal variant (Gk. m. hoi, f. hai are analogical
after sg. ho, he:).

Piotr