Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:01:56 +0100, P&G <petegray@...> wrote:

>>>As to *o:, as far as it's not
>> >from *eh3, it occurs in closed syllables only (*népo:ts, *pó:ds), and so
>it
>> >doesn't conflict with *o, which is always short in closed syllables.
>
>I probably have failed to follow this. What about the causatives, and the
>perfect strong forms, both of which show -o- short in an open syllable:
> *mon-eye-
> *bhe-bhow-e

Well, these have /a:/ in Sanskrit.

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