Re: [tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their themati

From: glen gordon
Message: 39901
Date: 2005-09-08

Piotr:
> The comparative evidence indicates a thematic
> present (*bHér-e-ti) beside a _reduplicated_
> athematic present (*bHi-bHér-ti) and traces of
> an athematic aorist.

Yes. So just to clarify, can someone please explain
to me how one might determine whether a later thematic
durative like *bHer-e-ti is from a subjunctivized
Narten stem (ie: < (pre-)IE durative-aorist *bHe:r-t)
or a subjunctivized aorist (ie: < *bHer-t). What
piece of evidence disambiguates the two possible
cases?

Help :)


= gLeN





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