Re: NATLANG: Russkii morphology (was: "Each Other")

E fésto Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>:

> Hello,
>
>> Sihler puts it as from -oH2, with the -m from the secondary
>> endings added on, in the same manner as Indo-Iranian [and
>> ObConlang: Kirumb, also] added primary -mi to it.
>
> Yes, but simple final *_-om_ would yield Proto-Sl. *-U via closure of
> short mid vowels in final syllables and final consonant dropping, as in
> the Acc. Sg. of o-stems.
Yes, that's probably why he put it from *-o:m long instead of -om short.

Of course with a lack of other *-o:m long endings to compare it to, it
must be difficult to say [The o-stem gen.pl. appears to be from *-om
short...]



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