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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:
> Since final *um becomes U and not a nasal
> vowel m must either disappear or go through
> an intermediate non-N stage.
>
But the word is sUTo with a final vowel -o, not with a final -um(t)
Could you explain what is contextual different in suTo in relation with
the 3 below examples where we have the expected eN:
see OCS deseNtU 'tenth' < PBS. *des'imtos < PIE *dek^m.-t-o-
see OCS tysoNti, tyseNti `thousand' < PIE *tuHs-ont-; *tuHs-ent-
see OCS eNti `press, squeeze' < PIE *g(e)m-t- (Latvian gumt 'seize')
Marius