[The Hittite suffix corresponding to Indo-European nā forms verbs of the hi-conjugation, which corresponds to the IE perfect system. Phonetic law induced in IE a confusion with the neu- verbs in the first plural and another phonetic law produced a first sing, that might be interpreted as belonging to the present system. Analogy then completed the transfer of the entire category to the present system. The origin of the Hitt. suffix sa is unknown, and the suffix a may have originated in Hitt. itself.]

[An argument to show that πoι is in ablaut relation to and its cognates.]

[A number of examples from various languages are collected to show that the initial syllable of a word is not of itself exempt from vowel weakening nor even from the loss of its vowel. The difference in Latin between the treatment of vowels in initial syllables and those placed elsewhere demands for its explanation the hypothesis of a stress accent upon the first syllable in primitive Italic.]

[In the following brief outline the author attempts to show that this shift of spirant to stop was due to a phonetic tendency which had already begun in PG.]

[The author wishes to show that German influence on the syntax of OFrench may be expected, and that it is to be recognized in the order of words (verb at end) in dependent clauses.]