Re: [tied] trzymac'

On Sun, 28 May 2006 16:08:05 +0000, Sergejus Tarasovas
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
>wrote:
>...
>
>I forgot to add that East Slavic, which escaped the contraction, indeed
>doesn't allow us to distinguish between (b) and (c) types of *a/aje
>verbs (Russ. <pytájes^'>, Ukr. <pytájes^>, Russ. <kopájes^'>, Ukr.
><kopájes^> vs. Russ. <délajes^'>, Ukr. <pádajes^> 'fall').

I was just about to point that out.

This means that the retraction (and the contraction) cannot
be Common Slavic, and cannot be due to Stang's law proper.

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