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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-09-10 03:24, stlatos wrote:
>
> >> Slavic *strumenI (a late transformation of a *-men- stem)
> >
> > After RUKI (including H) *-mYn.- > *-mn.y- before a V. This happens
> > after y>iy after heavy syl., etc., so the cluster is broken by e.
>
> The original Slavic declension was nom.sg. *-my reflecting *-mo:n
acc.sg. *-menI < *-men-m.
I was talking about neuter nouns with 0-grade; I'm not sure how
analogy might have interacted with *-mo-, *-mon-, etc., but from
Celtic and Germanic ev. I'm sure some combo. of RUKIT. in various
languages caused *-mYn.- > *-mn.y-. This soon after the thought
occurred to me I can't be sure of every cause and the timing, but at
least after xW (not xY) in B-Sl:
*gYnY(o)xWmYn.+ 'sign, token' >
*gYnYoxWmYn.a: ..... *gYnY,xWmYn.a:
*gYnYoxWmn.ya: ..... *gYnY,xWmn.ya:
*gYnYoxWmn.iya: .... *gYnY,xWmn.iya:
*gYnYo:mn.iya: ..... *gYnY:,mn.iya:
*gYnYo:mn.iya: ..... *gYnY:,miya: (NNN-dissim.)
*gYnYo:men.iya: .... *gYnY:,miya:
etc.
While in Celtic:
*xyuNgmYn., .... *swaGdmYn.,
*xyuNgmYn., .... *swaGd.mYn.,
*xyuNgmnY., .... *swaGd.mnY.,
*xyuNgmi ....... *swaGd.mi
*yuNgmi ........ *swa:d.mi
etc.
I don't know what analogy would occur if the + and -syllabic
variants were treated differently originally.