Re: Possessive Enclitics and Oblique Pronouns

I meant that in some languages, PIE *usme might have become *uswe. Or
course, that might not even have to do with *swe ; both *m and *w are
labial sonorants, and so can be switched without too much difficulty.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen <elme@...>
wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Darwin Goranson"
> <cdog_squirrel@> wrote:
>
> > You said that Katz suggested *uswe as the 2nd person plural,

instead

> of
> > *usme. Could the *w have been added due to a confusion with the
> > reflexive pronoun *swe?
> >
>
> I still don't see your point, especially since I wrote that I

believe

> that "*uswe" is not correct. Why would I then have an opinion about
> its genesis? And what do you mean when you speak about *w being

added?

> Added to what - to a form **use ?
>
> Jens
>