From: Torsten
Message: 65832
Date: 2010-02-10
> > > > The stem is Suoma-, and several Finnish words ending in -iWhat's the official story of the nominative -s of
> > > > have stems with -a- (this is because of an old nom -y
> >
> > > No, words from *-Vj have stems with -i- (but may derive from a
> > > root in -a, which I suppose you meant).
> >
> > That's not what I meant. The nom. of a-stems was -a-j,
>
> There's no nominativ marker, ancient or modern.