Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> If you believe Pokorny, why did you write above: "*dheh1i- is "to

suck""

> when the base is obviously *dhe:(H)-? NOT *dhe:(H)i-?

The base is obviosuly *deh1i-. As I already explained, roots of this
structure alternate in the following way:

*dheh1i-V-, *dheih1-C, *dheh1CC/*dheh1-C#

> Is the first element, which is the root of the noun <bai~das>, itself
> nominal? That is *bhoi-.

The root of a noun is a nominal root. In this case, it is built out of
the composition of two verbal roots: *bhoih2- and *dh(e)h1-.

For expected *báidas, Lithuanian shows bai~das, with metatony.

--Miguel Carrasquer Vidal