HISTORICAL GRAMMAR OF OLD PRUSSIAN

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V. Maþiulis
bibl.). This word (a hapax legomenon) represents a comparative degree
with a segment -sies-, which possibly implies Pr. *s’es- < *sÙes- Lith. -es- (ger-‡es-nis); cf. Endzelîns SV 72, PEÞ III l. c.
This time I propose a new hypothesis: muisieson may be corrected
into *muisiesnon (with an occasional or dissimilative loss of *-n-) < Pr.
(dial.) acc. sg. *mûisÙesnan, cf. Lith. ger‡es-nis.
* 154. An apophonic alternant Pr. *-is- of a comparative grade Pr.
*-Ùes- < Balt. *-Ùes- seems to be present in words gen. sg. tawischas ‘nearer’,
adv. toûls ‘more’ (< *tûlis) etc. (Stang Vergl. Gr. 268, PEÞ IV 203 s.v.
tûlan), maldaisin ‘younger’ etc. Cf. also Endzelîns l. c., Stang l. c. PEÞ III
101 ff. (s.v. maldaisin). For another opinion concerning the segment -aiin
maldaisin cf. Schmalstieg OP 101–102.
* 155. The superlative degree is expressed by a combination of the
word ucka + a positive or a comparative degree of corresponding adjective.
The superlative may be also expressed by the comparative degree
directly; cf. Endzelîns SV 73, Stang Vergl. Gr. 269 f.