Proto-Indo-European ∗ -os in Slavic

When We Went Digital and Seven Other Stories about Slavic Historical Linguistics in the 21st Century

“…While this phenomenon raises many questions and can be interpreted in a variety of ways, no generally accepted solution seems available at present. However, in a recent study Olander (2012), who gives a thorough review of the literature on the topic, argues that Pre-Slavic *-as gave Proto-Slavic *-ə, which turned into -e in the Old Novgorod dialect, while producing -ъ in all other varieties of Slavic. 8 Although the study of clitics has been a blooming field in Slavic linguistics (see e.g.…”