Re: [tied] *es- 'to be'

From: enlil@...
Message: 34262
Date: 2004-09-23

> [...] we may suppose that the primary copula *e- "to be", when used
> with the *-s-, had to mean "to become", [...]

The major, big objection is that all IE verbs conform to a CVC nucleus.
Since the **?e- that you propose lacks the second consonant at the
end, the form is impossible in IE.


= gLeN

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