Re: [tied] 'Can' as Past Tense (was: Bader's article on *-os(y)o)

>The forms from *lek- generally relate to the meaning 'leak'. I
>don't know whether English _leach_ belongs here - I think the long
>vowel precludes a derivation from this root.

I can't check it at the moment, but I'm guessing it's a causative, which
would explain both the long vowel and the final ch - as drench from drink.

Peter