Abstract Double nasal presents—presents containing both a infix and suffix—are found in Greek (type λιμπάνω ‘leave’), Celtic (e.g., OIr. ro·finnadar (< *wind-n- ) ‘get to know’), Germanic (Go. du-ginnan (← *-gunnan < *gund-n- ‘begin’). It is argued here that all such formations have common origin. The starting point was the nasal-infix present of root *g h ed- ‘grasp’, which originally ha...
