Re: [tied] jer / full vowel question

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 47184
Date: 2007-01-30

On 2007-01-30 00:44, Mate Kapović wrote:

> Why would dative get analogical -u- after the nominative? That is
> completely ad hoc I'm afraid in spite of it being a standard explanation.

Perhaps because the old dative was the odd man out -- the only case-form
in *ta- amongst several in *tuwa-, *twa- or *taw-.

Piotr