Re: [tied] Re: Vrddhi in sigmatic aorist

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10807
Date: 2001-10-31

Please ignore this prematurely sent posting. Another one, similar but slightly longer, is the finished version.
 
Piotr
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Vrddhi in sigmatic aorist

It depends. I'm not sure about the Old Russian example, but Russ. <naxodit'> means 'find', so the meaning 'be there' is derived exactly like 'find oneself (somewhere)' or 'se trouver'. 'Find' in turn is commonly expressed as a verb of motion with an adprep (cf. Eng. come across, Lat. in-venire). Note that the perfective counterpart of <na-xodit'> is <na-jti> with the 'walk' root (*i- < *ei-). In Polish we have archaic <(z)nachodzic'/(z)najs'c'> and the currently normal variant <(z)najdowac'/(z)nalez'c'>, with roots expressing movement (*i-, *le^z-).