From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 12202 Date: 2002-01-30
*lIgota, like other de-adjectival nouns in
*-ota should not be considered independently from its adjectival base,
*lIgU-(k-) 'light', a genuine ancient *u-stem (with oddly denasalised root
vocalism; one would expect *lINgU- instead), which may account for the blocking
effect.