Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > _Ha_ meaning "this" would be
> > differentiated by expansion to _ha dza_ "this one" and _ha dze:n_ "these
> > many", which'd then contract to _hazd_ and _hazden_, which later looks
>like
> > _hazd_ with the regular pl ending _-(e)n_. Is a development of this kind
> > plausible?
>
>Except for the /dz/ -> /zd/ change, it seems reasonable to me.
"zd" was a slip of mind - I meant to write _hadz_, _hadzen_.

I assume "it seems reasonable" applies to the entire development I sketched,
not only the derivation of _hadz_, _-en_?

                                                Andreas

                                                Andreas

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