Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 54602
Date: 2008-03-04

> Regarding the unexpected circumflex in Lith. <baidýti>

"This accounts for the peculiar loss of laryngeals in compounds and o-
grade formations, where the final laryngeal was lost before the initial
consonant of the second component
(cf. Hirt 1921: 185-187)."

Marius

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