Re: [tied] Latin perfect tense

--- In cybalist@..., "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:

> (d) Baldi points to a handful of -v- perfects in Umbrian, Gaulish,
> Armenian, tocharian, and possibly Hittite. This implies it has a
> PIE origin other than the participle.

There is also the weird perfect 1,3 sing of -a: (< *eH) roots
of Sanskrit: From stha:, 'stand', (< *steH), we get
tasthau (?< *stestoHu).