Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

>>As to *o:, as far as it's not
> >from *eh3, it occurs in closed syllables only (*népo:ts, *pó:ds), and so

it

> >doesn't conflict with *o, which is always short in closed syllables.

> I can only see *-o being in a true open syllable word-finally

I probably have failed to follow this. What about the causatives, and the
perfect strong forms, both of which show -o- short in an open syllable:
*mon-eye-
*bhe-bhow-e
Are you thinking that the morpheme boundary makes the -o- syllable not a
"true" open syllable?

Peter