Re: [tied] Thematic vowel - *to, *so

Torsten:

> The deictic particles *so and *to have /o/ instead
> of /e/, like nice particles should. Maybe that's
> because the /o/'s are re-stressed ablaut vowels?

Or rather, *o is (by way of Vowel Shift) from *a.
Hence earlier *sa and *ta(t) when stressed. Only *&
ends up alternating between *e and *o after Schwa
Diffusion and Merger so we don't find **se and **te-.


= gLeN




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