Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

This is my version:
Case breaks down in Romance. Some dimwits use nom. (-i, -ae > -e) in
the pl. for all cases, other dimwits use acc. (-os, -as). The choice
between those form becomes shibbolethized, so that using 2.sg. -Vs etc
is bad for you. It becomes replaced with -i.

Torsten

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My variant explanation adds that
Italian and Spanish make extensive use
of alternations o a i in verb suffixes.
Canto cant-as canta does not fit in the mould
so that cant-as is replaced (not evolved into) by cant-i.

Arnaud
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