Etruscans (was: minimal pairs)

[petegray]

>> the *bh- suffix

> This suffix was still productive in Epic Greek; e.g. <hippoisin kai
> ochesphin> 'with horses and chariots' (Hom. Od. IV.533).

The meaning doesn't quite correspond - it is used in Greek for genitives as
well as datives/ablatives/locatives, and is both singular and plural.  In
Sanskrit, it is found only in instrumentals, datives and ablatives, and
never in the singular.

Greek also shows a range of other suffixes which aren't normally counted in
the case system, such as:

-thi denoting where (locative, or after preposition)

-then denoting whence (similar to a genitive use;  or or after preposition)

-de denoting whither (similar to accusative use, and usually found with an
accusative)

-se denoting whither (not with accusative, but directly onto stem)

Peter