Re: [tied] Root of "marten," "sable"

> > On a similar note, what if there was a nasalized vowel in
> > Proto-Indo-Aryan-Balto-Slavic, like *khąt@..., with the "a"
> nasalized
> > and the @ as a schwa?
>
> How would you get such a nasal vowel to yield Lithuanian /im/?
>
> Jens

To be honest, I can't even see how "im" somes from satem (much less
*kha,t@...), save from the last two letters. Please explain.