Re: A loose thought on present n-infix, ablaut

> present stem:
> *XADV- > *XandV- > (syllabification) *Xan-dV- > *Xen-dV-
>
> perfect stem:
> *XAD > *Xand > (syllabification) *Xand > *Xãd > *Xõd > *Xod
>
> which would explain both the present infix and ablaut, which is
> nice. Obviously, both would have to have been reinterpreted as
> morphological processes and generalised to other stems, but such has
> happened before
>

Come to think of it, if open vs. closed syllable determines e-grade vs.
o-grade, that would explain the appearance of o-grade in causatives:
*mon-eye/o- etc (still assuming that the pure stem is a nominal form,
participle or the like (and perfective?), of the verb).


Torsten