Abstract

Nieminen’s law was a matter of vowel reduction: in Proto-Baltic word-final *-as was reduced to *-əs and lost its capacity to carry the stress. This accounts for the following facts: 1) accent position in the nominative singular of mobile o -stems (Lith. lángas , OPr. Deywis / Deiws ); 2) the io -stem nominative singular *-īs < *- iəs (Lith. ožỹs , OPr. braydis ); 3) the Old Lithuanian dative plural -mus < *- məs ; 4) accent position in the dative plural of mobile nouns (OLith. langàmus , OPr. waikammans ).

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