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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-
language@...> wrote:

> > The total number of roots in Rix is, according to our

count:

> 1138.
> >
> > The total number of *CVC verbal roots that do not

terminate in

> *-H, *-y, or *-w, is, according to our count: 212, or 18.6% of

the

> total number of roots.
> >
> > Of the counted *CVC verbal roots, 184 form presents by
> additions to the root in order to obtain a durative meaning;

that is

> 86.7%.
> >
> > Of the counted *CVC verbal roots, 72 form root aorists;

that

> is 33.9%.
> >
> > On the basis of the figures compiled here, the proposition
> that any PIE *CVC-root that did not terminate in *-H, *-y, or *-

w

> was inherently punctual, is supported.

The total number of roots forming root aorists is 405 as shown by
the index of thee book. That is 35.6% of the total number of roots
as per your count. Therefore, if you limit your scope to CVC roots
not ending in -y/w/H (for whatever reason you may have to do such a
funny thing), the chance that it forms a root aorist apparently
drops an insignificant bit rather than increase significantly as
your grand theory predicts. Fine theory this is.

Jens