From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 21135
Date: 2003-04-20
>In my previous post, I demonstrated that the thematic vowel is older
>Miguel:
>>The point is that the thematic vowel has to survive quantitive
>>ablaut in order for any further developments to be able to occur
>>later.
>
>??? It's logically inefficient to claim that the thematic vowel
>had some sort of magic resistance against this ablaut. It's
>simpler to presume the vowel postdates the trigger of this ablaut.