Re: [tied] PIE pronominal 1st and 2nd person dual morphology

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:18:22 -0000, "Scott Johnson"
<sandajoh@...> wrote:

>Ladies and gentlemen of the list,
>
>Briefly, I am merely an amateur Indo-Europeanist. I have no Brugmann's
>Grundriss, only Google and the web, and I need help. What, may I ask,
>are the most accepted reconstructions and declensional forms for an
>assumed PIE 1st and 2nd person dual pronoun?
>
>I cannot find anything on the web, however the membership of this list
>seems a most promising source of the kind of information I seek. Alas,
>I have nothing to offer in turn at this time.
>
>I thank you in advance for your kind consideration.
>

Mate wrote:

N. *wé/wé: *yú/yú:
GD. *noh1 *woh1
A. *n°h1wé, *noh1 *uh1wé, *woh1

Piotr wrote:

nom. *wé *jú (?)
acc.1 *n.h3mé (or *n.h3.wé?) *uh3wé
acc.2 *noh3 *woh3

For good measure, I'll add my reconstructions:

Nom. *wéh1 *júh3
Obl.1. *n.h3wé(:) *uh3wé(:)
Obl.2. *noh3 *woh3

The rationale for the *h1's vs. *h3's is comparison with the
equivalent plural forms (where pl. *s = du. *h3, and pl. *j
= du. *h1):

Nom.1. *wéj(-es) *jú(:)s
Nom.2. *mé(:)s *swéj(-es)
Obl.1. *n.smé(:) *usmé(:)
Obl.2. *no(:)s *wo(:)s

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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