Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alexandru_mg3
>
> Sorry please read:
> > Lith. baidy'ti < *bHoih-dHh1- 'to scare'
> > Marius
> >
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> Why should the -d- in baid-yti
> not be from -t?- medio-passive ?
>
> to be afraid *bhoih-t?-
> to cause to be afraid *bhoih-t?-vH-
>
> What does this -y- stand for ?
> Long what ?
>
> Arnaud
>
> ==============

Because

Baltic dH > d
Blatic t > t

Marius