Re: Mi- and hi-conjugation in Germanic

> My hypothesis was that the stative endings (*-h2, *-th2,
> etc.) [originally an enclitic copula "I am", "you are",
> etc.] when extended with the element *-e can roughly be
> translated as "I have", "you have", etc. (by way of a "mihi
> est" construction).

I think this one makes sense,

> and can be summarized summarily as: "the endings mean "to
> have"."

"I am" + *-e > "I have"
"you are" + *-e > "you have"
"he is" + *-e > "he has"

??


Torsten