Re[2]: [tied] PIE *CVC roots as Punctual (Aorist)

Jens wrote:

>> Oh, I see now how right you are! Leaving avowedly
>> questionable cases aside, the index of LIV notes 25 cases
>> of a root present from a CVC root (not ending in -y, -w
>> or -H). The index gives 47 secured root aorists from CVC
>> roots (not ending in -y/w/H). Now the total number of
>> secured root presents is 151, that of root aorists is
>> 264. Thus there is a 25 in 151 (16,56 %) probability that
>> a CVC root not ending in -y/w/H forms a root present,
>> while the likelihood that it forms a root aorist is a
>> high as 47 in 264 (17.80 %).

You've said it backwards: that's a 16,56% chance that a
(secured) root present is from a CVC root not ending in
-y/w/H, and a 17,80% chance that a (secured) root aorist is
from a CVC root not ending in -y/w/H. That is, roots of
this kind are found in approximately equal proportions --
about one in six -- among root presents and root aorists.

>> I'm sure you have made a big discovery. Please tell the
>> world what it means.

>> If questionable examples are included, the figures are 34
>> and 70, to be weighed against 222 and 405, i.e. a 15.31 %
>> probability that a CVC root not ending in -y/w/H forms a
>> root present, and a 17.28 % probability that it forms a
>> root aorist.

The same correction needs to be made here: that's a 15,31%
chance that a root present is from a CVC root not ending in
-y/w/H, and a 17,28% chance that a root aorist is from a CVC
root not ending in -y/w/H.

Brian