Re: numeration system
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 16, 2004, 5:40 |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:04:07 -0500, J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> wrote:
>> 'zwo' is originally a different form of the number two in those days
>> when it had declension. Just like English 'two' I assume it derives
>> from the masculine accusative form. Compare the Icelandic declension
>> of 'two', which retains a lot more forms:
>>
>> m f n
>> nom tveir tvær tvö
>> acc tvo tvær tvö
>> ...
>
> I didn't know there were indoeuropean languages with a distinct accusative
> form!
Latin has:
m f n
nom duo duae duo
acc duos duas duo
(though there is also "duo" for m. acc.)
In PIE *duwo was probably indeclinable but in several languages got pulled
into dual or plural declensions.
*Muke!
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