[tied] Re: PIE Ablaut

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> The example you gave to prove your point: cakara/caka:ra has a long,
> checkered history of disputation. My best guess at present is that the
> lengthened vowel was simply introduced to provide a means of

differentiating

> 1st and 3rd persons.

Actually, _caka:ra_ can also mean 'I did'! It also goes against
statistical tendency for the 3s rather than the 1s to be specially marked.

Richard.