Re: [tied] Perfect of Vedic i-

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:54:42 +0000, tjodrikperson
<t9t10@...> wrote:

>This is partly a test to see if one can use this group for these kind
>of questions.
>
>My questions is: the Vedic perf. of i "go" is iyâya (3.sg.) and îyúr
>(3.pl), how have these forms developed? If we follow LIV's
>reconstruction *h2ej-,

You mean *h1ej-?

>I would expect a development *h2e-h2oi- > *Ha-
>ai- > *ai-/âi- > Vedic *e-/ai-/ây (2.sg. *e-tha or *aitha, 3.sg. *ây-
>a)
>
>Does anybody have the explanation?

The reduplication vowel is /i/ (or /u/) in Vedic for roots
starting with i- (or u-) [in the zero grade] (cf. /uc/ "be
pleased" : uvóca, u:cé).

2sg. *h1i-h1ói-tHa > *i:áytha > iyétha
3sg. *h1i-h1óy-e > *i:á:ya > iyá:ya
3pl. *h1i-h1y-r's > i:yúr

Otherwise completely regular.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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