Greek question & the pre-history of *nekwt

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"Glen Gordon" <glengordon01 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>I know Hittite <nekuz> cannot be
>feminine since it doesn't have this gender thing. This is the neuter
>*-t/*-d found in words like *kwi-d "what" and the heteroclitic
>declension: [nom-acc] **yekwn-d > *yekwr "liver". Thus:

>         **nekw-d > *nekw-t    TADAAAA!!!

>[ Moderator's response:
>  Hittite does not have a separate feminine, but it does have an opposition of
>  common vs. neuter (or animate vs. inanimate).  Hittite _nekuz_ is of common
>  gender, so I repeat the question:  What neuter?
>  --rma ]

Or, put differently, what's the nominative -s doing in nekut-s?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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