Latin Perfect (was Re: Reasons)

--- petegray <petegray@...> wrote:

> > > What's the explanation for fe:ci:? Do you mean
> the perfect
> > > didn't always have o?
> >
> > Do you mean Latin perfects simply continue PIE
> perfects?
>
> Latin perfects never show o-grade. They all show
> zero grade. This is
> presumably generalised to the whole paradigm from
> the zero grade plural
> forms.

I don't think this would generate "fe:ci:" or
"e:di:" and "tetuli:", for example, could be from
either.


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