§88] Vowels of Unaccented Syllables 35 tám, ace. fern, ní áinō-hun (§ 89 note), no one; nom. sing, hana from *xanēn or -on, cp. Gr. •π-οιμήΐ', shepherd, ήγεμών, leader; nasiđa from *na/iđōn, / saved. NOTE.—For full details concerning the Germ, treatment in final syllables of Indg. vowels with the ' slurred' and ' broken ' accent, see Streitberg's ' Urgermanische Grammatik', ch. ix. (2) The Indg. final explosives disappeared in prim. Germanic, except after a short accented vowel, as pres. subj. baírái, OE. OS. OHG. here, from an original form *bhároīt, he may bear; pret. pi. bērun, OE. bāēron, OS. OHG. bārun, they bore, original ending -nt with vocalic n (§ 54); Goth, mēna from an original form *mēnōt, moon ; Goth.þat-a, OE. þæt, OS. that, Indg. *tođ, that, the; OE. hwæt, OS. hwat — Lat. quod, what, beside Gothic h/a (§ 273); OE. set, OS. at = Lat. ad, at. (3) Indg. final -r remained, as Goth, fađar, O.Icel. fatSir, OE. fæđer, OS. fader, OHG. fater = Lat. pater, Gr. πατήρ, father. NOTE.—So far as the historic period of Gothic is concerned, the law relating to the treatment of Indo-Germanic final consonants may be stated in general terms thus:—With the exception of-s and -r all other Indo-Germanic final consonants were dropped in Gothic. In the case of the explosives it cannot be determined whether they had or had not previously undergone the first sound-shifting (§§ 128-32). Of Indo-Germanic final consonant groups, the only one preserved in Gothic is -ns, before which short vowels are retained, e. g. ace. pi. masc. Goth. bans=Gr. Cretan τόν$ (Attic TOU'S), the; ace. pi. Goth, wulfans, wolves, cp. Gr. Cretan κορμοί^=Att. κόσμος, ornaments; ace. pi. Goth, þrins ·= Gr. Cretan rpívs, three; ace. pi. Goth, sununs, sons, cp. Gr. Cretan uīuVs, sons. Cp. the law stated in § 88. a. Short Vowels, § 88. With the exception of u all other prim. Indo-Ger-manic final short vowels, or short vowels which became final in prim. Germanic (§ 87), were dropped in Gothic, as D 2