Re: [tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their themati

Rob wrote:

> I was under the impression that sigmatic lengthening was a late
> phenomenon in IE. Thus my chronology would be:

Well, if it's just an impression, it may well be wrong. :-)

Piotr

> *pax-s-tár- >
> *p@... (atonic reduction) >
> *p@... (qualitative Ablaut) >
> *pa-s-tér- (laryngeal reduction)
>
> Of course, that is not what we see. The solution, then, is that this
> form was replaced by the more recent formation in *CáC-tar- > *CéC-tor-
> : *páx-s-tar- > *péx-s-tor- > *pa:-s-tor-.