[tied] Re: Short and long vowels

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> Zero-grade with the removal of one vowel from *dhe:- /dHee/, *sta:-
> /staa/, and *do:- /doo/ leaves *dhe-, *sta-, and *do-.

Now let's proceed to the next step. Why do non-Greek, non-IIr.
languages have a in all of these forms?