Hello All,
To close the discussion here regarding the impossible -s > -i in
Romanian (we talk also about a lost -s in this discussion) I want to
prsent you my analysis below:
I. Late Latin cantare "to chant, to sing"
url:
http://www.geocities.com/email_theguy/rvulgar.htm
cant-o
cant-a(s)
cant-at
cant-amus
cant-atis
cant-ant
II. Let's see today the Romanian Form based on the Latin Endings above
cânt-(u) (old attested form cânt-u: non-accented o > u)
cânT-i => ISSUE => cant-a(s)
cânt-ã
cânt-ãm
cant-aTi ( ti > Ti /ci/)
cant-ã
=> ISSUE at 2nd sg. form.
III. Now Let's try to apply the Lithuanian endings to this verb
(there was no important changes of these endings in Lith. in the last
2000 years)
(I do this based on Dacian-Baltic connections)
url:
http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/grammar/grammar12.html#8
cant-u
cant-i
cant-a
cant-ame
cant-ate
cant-a
IV. Let's see today the Romanian Form based on Lithuanian Endings
cânt-(u) (old attested form cânt-u)
cânT-i (ti > Ti /ci/)
cânt-ã
cânt-am
cant-aTi (ate > tje > Ti /ci/)
cant-ã
=> All forms fit perfectly.
FIRST CONCLUSIONS:
a) At Indic. Pres. Romanian endings are exactly the same with
Lithuanian Endings
b) Romanian 2nd sg. doesn't fit with Latin 2nd sg.
CONCLUSION:
ROMANIAN ENDINGS COULD WELL BELONG TO THE DACIAN SUBSTRATUM IF THIS
ONRE WERE CLOSED RELATED TO THE BALTIC.