Uralic and IE

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Miguel and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv at wxs.nl>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 8:22 AM

I am very sceptical of final voiceless stops becoming "laryngeals".

> Nom *gwnaik      > *gwnaiH2
> Gen *gwnaik-os   > *gwnaikos

I would be much more inclined to see the genitive as having *gwnai-ko-, a
regular adjective formation, as its base, and having the -s added by analogy
with other genitive forms.

Pat

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