Peter:
> If the -o- grade indicates habitually doing it, this
> might help explain the use of -o- grade in compound
> nouns and adjectives, such the last vowel in
> me:tropato:r (mother's father).
I don't know about that but why can't the o-grade
be a state or quality that the noun has? Hence by
that nature, it typically describes a habitual
action. In reality, that action is an unchanging
quality without beginning or end.
= gLeN
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