tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430961380180430146.post4323353472882804277..comments2022-12-04T23:17:48.803-04:00Comments on Jamin’s Blog of Stuff,: Silly thingsJaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662833603764397262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430961380180430146.post-23201561076027676122011-10-31T13:20:35.250-03:002011-10-31T13:20:35.250-03:00Gytc is still very much a work in progress (and on...Gytc is still very much a work in progress (and one which I haven't had much time to devote to recently), but my main theory behind keeping the -s is that PGmc -(a)z was rhotacised and/or then disappeared in the other Germanic languages, but Gothic devoiced the -z before it could be rhotacised. I don't think the IE -s ending is terribly anachronistic: It still shows up in plenty of languages like Greek; and in germanic it's still retained in Icelandic and Faroese as -r (again, rhotacised).Jaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621168800823894922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430961380180430146.post-55106854121157063712011-10-30T17:18:00.646-03:002011-10-30T17:18:00.646-03:00Why do you keep the ending -s and other anachronis...Why do you keep the ending -s and other anachronisms? I think it would have developed much more than that during these 1,500 years...aandrusiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322457719470455318noreply@blogger.com