That seems quite a stretch, when proto-Indo-European ablaut explains the exact same phenomenon. Also, Germanic strong verbs tend to be relatively primitive voca

That seems quite a stretch, when proto-Indo-European ablaut explains the exact same phenomenon. Also, Germanic strong verbs tend to be relatively primitive vocabulary -- go, sleep, drink, sing... So it's also explainable that these forms could develop prior to more standardized forms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_strong_verb#Origin_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_strong_verb#Origin_an...