--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> *frawarðiða- ðeðe: > *frawarðiðe: (Goth. frawardida) by haplology
> *frawarðiða- ðe:ðun > *frawarðiðe:ðun (Goth. frawardide:dun)
It's even better: it's
*frawarðiða- ðiðe: > *frawarðiðe:
*frawarðiða- ðe:ðun > *frawarðiðe:ðun
with /e:/ replacing only IE *e, not IE *i.
The short /e/ of OS deda, OHG teta is from *i by a-umlaut which is
apparently later than the replacement of /e/ by /e:/ in the
reduplication. Thus Gmc. *ðiðe:, *ðe:ðun presupposes *ðiðe:, *ðeðun
from IE *dhi-dhéH1-t, *dhé-dhH1-n.t .
Jens