Re: Russian names (was: Re: A perfect day...)

Am 02/02 21:51  Nik Taylor yscrifef:

> But, speaking of these forms, I've noticed that many of the languages
> have similar 2nd plural forms, for instance, Latin _vos_, Russian _vy_,
> but then we have Anglo-Saxon _ge_, seemingly unrelated.  The first
> person plurals also seem unrelated, _nos_ vs. _we_.  Is this connected
> with the PIE dual/plural distinction, i.e., some descendants used the
> dual and others the plural?
>
I think the nominative form of the 1st person plural was *we and the
oblique was *nsos.  The oblique forms survive in Germanic 1st plural
object and possessive pronouns.

The rise of the 2nd plural forms in daughter languages I'm not so sure
of now.

- andrew.
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