Hi!
Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...> writes:
> Though to clarify, I should note that the origin of the u-umlaut cannot be
> found in Icelandic endings, or even Old Norse endings. We have to go back
> to Proto-Norse; I don't have any reference at the moment, but I think the
> above paradigm was something like this in PN:
>
> nom katt-uz
> acc katt-u~
> dat katt-i
> gen katt-az
Ah, interesting.
> Note that the umlauting u's were lost. However, an epenthetic 'u' was added
> to -r endings in Icelandic, changing the nom form to "k