Re: [tied] Slavic *sUto -> is NOT INHERIT

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

> Since *-um > *-uw > *-u > -U in Slavic
> (the lack of nasalization is the important
> part) it's completely possible that *um >
> U in other environments (not before b/p
> but before t, apparently).
>
> The only other rule needed (which has
> a parallel in *i>*u in some pal. envir-
> onments) is im>um/_[*P] or similar. An
> earlier similar change is ing>ung as in
> Germanic *hringaz vs. OCS kroNgU.
>
> s^imtom
> s^umtom
> s^umto ana.
> sumto
> suwto
> suto
> sUto

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> As in...?

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> PS And why *um, if we normally expect *im in such a
> context (note Lith.
> s^imtas)?

My derivation starts with im; if im>uw in
some environments as ju>ji, etc, this could
be a regularly inherited word. Others with
*mt could change due to analogy. The exact
analogy depends on the order of various
changes, but here's a simple possibility:

de-simt de-sim-tos simtom
de-sint de-sim-tos simto
de-sint de-sim-tus simto
de-sint de-sum-tus sumto
de-sint de-sim-tus sumto ana.
de-sint de-sim-tus suwto
etc.





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