Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

>In *pótis there is
>no way the /o/ could be H3-triggered, so we *do* have Sanskrit
>unlengthened reflexes of IE /o/ from other sources than /H3e/.

The claim (Brugmann's Law) is that only the ablauting -o- was lengthened.
So what you say here is not relevant.

> it is also a matter of
>presence or absence of analogical influence.

Yes, I think this a necessary caveat.

Peter