indoeuropean/hand

[Steven A. Gustafson]

petegray wrote:

> The form is only apparent.   It is actually a -u stem, whereas the
> masculines that you are thinking of are thematic (-o/e).   The -u stems can
> be any gender, although masculines do predominate.

There are a fair number of Latin -u stems that are feminine, especially
considering how few -u stems there are to begin with: acus, domus,
cornus, idus, and tribus (as well as manus) are the ones that come to
mind.

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