Re: Brugmann's Law

On 2008-01-17 16:46, Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

> It's hold a Balticism -- either a substratal one (but not very old, since
> Baltic /u/ yielded East Slavic /u/, not /U/) or even a Lithuanism spread at
> the time of the Great Dutchy of Lithuania (< Lith. diminutive suffix
> -(i)`ukas).

Yes, the latter's very likely. In Poland, the suffix is also culturally
associated with Lithuania, suffice it to mention Kaziuki (Kaziuko
muge.), St. Casimir's Fair in Vilnius.

Piotr