Re: [tied] Re: Vrddhi in sigmatic aorist

You know the answer in advance, don't you, Sergei? :) It's *ja:- 'ride, drive, roll on, be driven' with its mysteriously suppletive suffixes. I don't know much about its etymology, apart from possible Baltic and Indo-Iranian links. What do _you_ think?

Piotr

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:53 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: Vrddhi in sigmatic aorist

--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote: > But Slavic *xod-/*s^Id- does NOT mean "ride in a wagon". It strongly implies walking, i.e. going on foot, as OPPOSED to riding in a vehicle. By the way, what lexeme DOES mean "ride in a wagon" in Slavic, in your opinion, and what would be its etymology?