On the origin of Old English uncet and incit (Personal pronouns, dual forms)

Authors
Shields, K
Citation
K. Shields, On the origin of Old English uncet and incit (Personal pronouns, dual forms), NEUPHILOL M, 102(2), 2001, pp. 211-216
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
NEUPHILOLOGISCHE MITTEILUNGEN
ISSN journal
00283754 → ACNP
Volume
102
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
211 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3754(2001)102:2<211:OTOOOE>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
In this brief paper it is proposed that the suffix -et/-it attested in Old English (Anglian) first and second person accusative dual personal pronouns is an archaism whose etymon was ultimately an Indo_European non-singular d esinence in *-(elo)T)T=/t/ or /d/).