Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-02-27 07:21, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
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> > <probably >
>
> And this one, by the way, is often further affected by irregular
> haplology, yielding "prob'ly" in colloquial English.

Or is it simply syncopation followed by degemination - "probably" >
"prob'bly" > "prob'ly"?

Richard.