Re: IE roots or Gmc innovations?

From: G&P
Message: 62788
Date: 2009-02-04

>> Most verb stems formed PIE causatives

>> (and/or
iteratives) by adding the formative suffix *-éje- to an
>> unaccented
o-grade of the root.

>What examples do we have in Hittite, Celtic or Italic of that formation ?

Latin is full of them.  Many of the second declension are of that form, e.g.

   *men  gives   *mon-eie-o > moneo

Foveo, moveo, voveo are other examples.

 

Peter