Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

From: tgpedersen
Message: 54247
Date: 2008-02-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:44:59 -0800 (PST), Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> >From the viewpoint of Spanish ter feito sounds like
> >"get done" and it's used that way in Spanish "(vos)
> >tenelo hecho" "git 'er done"
> >It's used as "done and ready" Tengo el ensayo escrito
> >"I have the essay written (and ready)"
>
> Much like "habere factum" must have sounded to Caesar or
> Cicero.
>

You mean the Latin predecessor of the famous Romance future infinitive?


Torsten