[tied] Re: PIE Ablaut

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

> Well, let us say that the base of *op-os- is *H3ep-.
>
> How would you explain AS efnan?

OE efnan 'accomplish' is a class I weak verb, i.e. with umlaut of /a/.
The PGmc. stem was *abnia- (or *afnia-?).

Jens