Re: Some accentological thoughts...

> This way, we get:
>
> N *h2ak^mó:n *dhugHté:r
> A *h2ák^menim *dhugHtérim
>
> Polarisation of the stress to either initial or final
> position gives Proto-Balto-Slavic:
>
> N *h2ak^mó~ *dhugHté~
> A *h2ák^menim *dhúgHterim
>
> = Lith. akmuõ, àkmeniN; dukte~, dùkteriN
>
> This was the kind of mobility that was transferred to the
> oxytone vowel-stems:
>
> N *dhroughós
> A *dhroughóm > *dhróughom
>
> N *ungnís
> A *ungním > *úngnim
>
> N *suHnús
> A *suHnúm > *súHnum
>
> N *galHwáh2
> A *galHwáh2m > *gálHwah2m

For some reason, according to official doctrine, once Germanic lost
final *-a in the Nsg,f it immediately added *-on which then became
*-a. Why this fondness for *-a in the Nsg,f? Wouldn't it be more
understandable if the suffix had been stressed *-á and never been lost
in the first place (which then would raise the question of whether it
was stressed in PIE)?