From: Anders
Message: 69484
Date: 2012-05-01
>Depending on whose analysis we follow. As I recall, Griffith (Die Sprache 45, 2005) assumes that the Late Common Celtic form was *-uns < *-u:ns < *-o:ns (with analogical *o: from nom.pl. *-o:s and gen.pl. *-o:m).
> W dniu 2012-05-01 15:19, Anders pisze:
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> > Yeah, that could indicate that *o: was eliminated before Osthoff.
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> Mmm, not quite. The postulated development is PIE/PCelt. thematic *-o:ns
> > *-u:ns > *-u:s, with no Osthoffian shortening before the raising of
> *o:. Kim posits this development as a preferable alternative to Mc
> Cone's PIE/PCelt. *-ons > *-o:s > *-u:s.
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> Piotr
>