Re: [tied] Re: sum

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:09:23 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:
>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The operative word here is 'bridge', obviously you see the
>> behavior
>> > of the thematic vowel and the behavior of Latin 'sum' etc as two
>> > unrelated phenomena.
>>
>> Not really: The inherited paradigm of *H1esmi is being adjusted to
>> that of other inhertited athematics (edo, eo) which have
>themselves
>> been adjusted to the semithematic pattern that emerged from
>allegro
>> reduction of some high-frequency thematics. Therefore the
>> predesinential vowels of these verbs *are* the thematic vowel, and
>> that's why they behave according to its rules.
>>
>
>I was wondering: are there any examples of athematic verbs with
>secondary endings (ie. *-C-m *-C-s *-C-t ... *-C-nt) ?

Of course.

>And to
>anticipate a possible 'no': then such a paradigm would, to remain
>pronounceable proceed to *-C-om *-C-s *-C-t ... *-C-ont

C-m., -C-s, -C-t. PIE had syllabic resonants.

The 3pl. ath. ending *-ént(i) was only reduced in acrostatic
and reduplicated verbs ('-n.t(i)).

=======================
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...