Re: PIE Word Formation (1)

From: tgpedersen
Message: 44143
Date: 2006-04-05

> > ... It also means that any instances of unstressed *e that
> > we see must have been *late* phenomena -- i.e. they must have been
> > developed after quantitative ablaut ceased to be productive. Two
good
> > examples here are the enclitic particle *-kWe "and", and the so-
called
> > "temporal augment", *e-.
>

Devil's advocate: suppose they didn't become enclitic and augment,
respectively, until after ablaut ceased production, but were free
particles (cf perfect sg. suffix *-e)?


Torsten