Re: kentum/satem built-in already in PIE?

> > I stand instructed.
> >
> > So, let me see if I got this straight:
> >
> > The causative suffix *-ejo-/*-eje- assumes the special
> > form *-jo-/*-i:-, of which the first has an initial -j-,
> > the second doesn't, which combine with a preceding -s-,
> > here from -k^-, to form -s^- and -s-, respectively
> > which immediately refutes my suggestion.
>
> What refutes your suggestion is rather the fact that there's
> no *s^ : *s alternation before the thematic vowel *-e/o-,
> where *k^ and *g^(H) are invariably reflected as *s/*z
> (as in *nesoN, *nesetI) irrespective of the quality of
> the vowel, whereas *k/g and *kW/*gW become Slavic
> *k/g before *-o- but *c^/z^ before *-e- (*pekoN, *pec^etI).
> And just to clarify: in simple thematic presents, as well
> as *-je/o- stems, the thematic vowel is simply retained
> in Slavic with its original PIE quality.

So it's either *-jo/je- with palatalisation everywhere or
*-o/e- without?


Torsten