Reconstruction talk:Proto-Celtic/bāus

Osthoff's law
The etymology mentions Osthoff's law. So why did it not apply to the nominative? —Rua (mew) 22:08, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Osthoff's law only applies before sonorants, not before s. —Mahāgaja · talk 07:06, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * But u is a sonorant. —Rua (mew) 10:19, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * True. And indeed Matasović doesn't mention Osthoff shortening at all; he just says the nominative is and the accusative is re-formed  rather than the  that would have been inherited from . —Mahāgaja · talk 16:30, 11 May 2019 (UTC)