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#loss of middle endings with -r, forms with secondary middle endings win out | #loss of middle endings with -r, forms with secondary middle endings win out | ||
#: ''*bʰriágar'' → ''*bʰriága'' ‘I am brought to ruin’ ( < *bʰregh₂ér) | #: ''*bʰriágar'' → ''*bʰriága'' ‘I am brought to ruin’ ( < *bʰregh₂ér) | ||
#: ''*bʰriágror'' → ''* | #: ''*bʰriágror'' → ''*bʰriágandho'' ‘they are brought to ruin’ | ||
#Verb raising (i.e. fronting) occurs more frequently. Transitive verbs also raise their argument after them. | #Verb raising (i.e. fronting) occurs more frequently. Transitive verbs also raise their argument after them. | ||
#: ''*kā́ssan paldháron niábhas diáusta lúmanai'' ‘(Truly!) I will seize the settlement (of my) nephew as a (living) god by the first light of day’ ( < *kh₂p-s-yé-oh₂-m pḷth₂róm népōts deywós-?ta? léwk-mn-ey) | #: ''*kā́ssan paldháron niábhas diáusta lúmanai'' ‘(Truly!) I will seize the settlement (of my) nephew as a (living) god by the first light of day’ ( < *kh₂p-s-yé-oh₂-m pḷth₂róm népōts deywós-?ta? léwk-mn-ey) |