Re: [tied] Latin Perfect (was Re: Reasons)

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

>
> --- petegray <petegray@...> wrote:
>

> > Latin perfects never show o-grade. They all show
> > zero grade. This is
> > presumably generalised to the whole paradigm from
> > the zero grade plural
> > forms.
>
> I don't think this would generate "fe:ci:" or
> "e:di:" and "tetuli:", for example, could be from
> either.

h1e-h1d-me' would create long e, but I don't know
how early Latin got rid of reduplicated forms.
h1e-h1o'd-e would create long e if h1 colors o.


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