Re: [tied] Re: sum

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:27:35 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>> >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)).
>>
>
>In other words, we have here an example of PIE -N.- > Latin -oN-

No. PIE *-m(.) was, as you said, a _secondary_ ending, to
be found in the aorist or imperfect. Latin maintains the
*-m in the imperfect (but always preceded by -a:-: amabam,
eram), not in the merged aorist/perfect.

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