Appendix talk:Proto-Germanic/ga-

Etymology

How does the ‘g‘ in ga- derive from *kom / *ḱóm? I thought Verner's law only applied to consonants *following* an unstressed syllable, this is not the case for ga-. 79.194.73.173 16:40, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Preverbs seem to have been treated strangely in Pre- and Proto-Germanic, being unstressed and not wholly bound to the verb; for example, clitics could intervene between preverbs and verbs. I'm not really certain about the specifics, but you can see the same development in *bi(-), originally *h₁pi, from PIE *h₁epi. Anglom (talk) 23:34, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

This is definitely interesting, but I do feel this should be pointed out in the etymology section since a reader with below average knowledge might become confused and since this theory seems to be somewhat nebulous it should be attributed with a word like "maybe". 217.66.50.9 14:03, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Perfectivity

I've read that the perfectivizing aspect of *ga- and Latin co(n)- could possibly come from a separate particle *(k/ḱ)o, which I think is interesting. I will try to find the source again and share it here for those interested. Anglom (talk) 23:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC)