[tied] Re: Germanic declensions?

> geminate simplification. The syncope-plus-devoicing proposed above
> accounts for a number of verb endings as well, e.g. *bHére-ti >

*BeriDi

> > OE birT, and *-o-nti > *-anDi > OE -aT : Goth -and, without

invoking

> complex analogy to reverse the effects Verner's Law.
>

How do you get from PIE *bhére-ti to PGerm *bériDi (I assume you
mean)? Doesn't Verner predict *bériTi?


BTW Doesn't 'Suevi' vs. Schwaben and the Danish village Svogerslev (by
folk etymology from Suawærslæv (vel sim.)) place PGerm. /e:/ > /a:/
(and, for systematic reasons, /a:/ > /o:/ too) in time?


Torsten