[tied] Re: *-t-, put

> 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 .

Is that a perfect, or an intensive present?


Torsten