Re: [tied] Old Bulgarian izU

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:19 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Old Bulgarian izU

Neither do I. There are enough Slavic verbs like those below for the pattern to be quite clear:

 

1sg.       Inf.       Iterat.

 

*mIr-o~    *mer-ti    *mir-ati    'die'

*dIr-o~    *der-ti    *dir-ati    'tear'

*z^Im-o~   *z^e~-ti   *z^im-ati   'squeeze'

*Im-o~     *e~-ti     *im-ati     'take'

 

Here, only the infinitive *(j)e~ti shows the original vocalism (*em-); *Im- contains a secondary (Balto-Slavic) reduced grade (*Im- < *im-, cf. Lith. imu, imti), and the iterative the legthened variant thereof (*im- < *i:m-). *Im- is not a development of PIE *em- but a new form in a thoroughly restructured paradigm.

 

[PCR]

How then would you explain iz?

 

 

 

Pat

 

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