Re: [tied] Latin Perfect (was Re: Reasons)

> > 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.

Analogy has played a large part in the long-vowel perfects in Latin, though
some, such as e:di, are clear zero grades. The analogy is not only from
long vowel perfects which are zero grades (e:di, se:di e:gi ; vo:vi etc) but
also from past participle and present forms (e.g. ago ~ e:gi : facio ~ ?)
Facio / fe:ci is still unexplained in some ways (e.g. the origin of
the -c-), but otherwise, these forms are not a problem.

e:di < *h1e-h1d-
tetuli < *te-tl-

Peter