[tied] Re: Short and long vowels

> thetos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade *dH1-

tos 'placed' of

> the verb *dhe:- 'to set, put', contracted from *deH1-.
> So, we have H1 = e.
>
> statos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade form *stH2-tos
> 'standing' of the verb *sta:- 'to stay', contracted from *steH2-
> So, we have H2 = a
>
> dotos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade *dH3-tos 'gived'

of

> the verb *do:- 'to give', contracted from *deH3- (cf. also Gk.

dosis

> < *dH3-ti, beside full-grade *do:-ro > doron 'gift'; -ti is a

suffix

> of creatin the abstract nouns).
> So we have H3=o
>
> That's all folks!

And the short version:

thesis, stasis, dosis !


Torsten