Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

> Proto-Germanic weak preterit has
> In Sg. non reduplicated PIE endings
> like :
> PIE *-dHo:m/*-dHe:m -> Gothic -da
> PIE *-dHe:s -> Gothic -de:s
> PIE *-dHe:t -> Gothic -da
>
> [I say 'like the above ones' because these endings needs to include
> the attested ON -dai too.]
>

Gothic e: > a ? Please explain.


Torsten