Re: [tied] Re: Monovocalism: sequel

enlil@... wrote:

> Exu:
> > Perhaps like the present tense marker *-i.
>
> Yes, phonetically it's a vowel but technically it's a consonant
> because in IE *-i is zerograded *-Vy

Not always. It can also be the zero grade of *yV, or it can be a full grade.
In particular, the strong forms of the anaphoric pronoun (*ís, *ím) are not the zero grade of anything.

> and *y is a consonant. What
> one would have to look for is a true morpheme consisting only
> of *e or of *o. I've already said my peace on how thematic vowels
> don't have a unified function and therefore cannot be called a
> morpheme

OK, then it is two morphemes, or three...

>so that leaves...

The dative *-é, and, at least in Hittite, the allative *-ó.