-o/i- in Compounds (was: PIE comparative)

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

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> Patrick:
>
> If I understand the situation, this compositional variant in -*i is

only

> used in N+N compounds and _not_ in N+V. Is that correct?

Not with *dwi- - there's Sanskirt _dvija_ 'twice born', thus 'bird,
brahmin', and many other compounds.

Richard.