On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:15:35 +0100 (CET),
mkapovic@...
wrote:
>I have always
>wondered why do present's like *pec^et'e or *neset'e have *pekl'o and
>*nesl'o but I have never given it much thought.
Dybo's explanation (e.g. OSA, p. 36-37) connects it to the
merger of AP(b) and AP(c) verbs that took place in this
category (e-verbs with root ending in obstruent). We would
have had:
B C
*bodlU' *ve``dlo
*bodla' *vedla'
*bodlo' *ve``dlo
merging as:
B/C
ne`slU (peripheral ne``slU)
nesla'
neslo' (peripheral ne``slo)
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...