English 2s. -t (was: Slavic *-os (*-om))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

> ... and the '-t' of Englsh 2nd sg. 'art', 'wast', 'wert',
> which are supposed to be documented late in the history of that
> language (thus coming from 'below'?).

'Late' = when? All the preterite-presents in my Old English grammar
have -t or -st for the 2s.

Richard.