Re: [tied] Origin of Proto-Germanic Distinguishing Features

> From: P&G [mailto:petegray@...]

> Ablaut patterns in nouns are best seen
> in Greek or Sanskrit, though also traceable in Baltic (especially
> Lithuanian) and Slavic accentuation.

I don't get it. How for one does Lithuanian accentuation reflect PIE ablaut
patterns in noun? Even if mobile vs. non-mobile paradigm opposition does
indeed reflect non-columnicity vs. columnicity of the PIE stress, it's the
PIE stress rather than ablaut pattern which is the ultimate cause (the PIE
ablaut pattern depending on the stress pattern, of course, but not vice
versa) of this opposition.

Sergei