From: tgpedersen
Message: 38443
Date: 2005-06-08
> Toch. B.Did I understand that right: a pres. ind. with secondary endings?
> 1. -m, -eu < primary *-mi, them. *-o:u
> 2. -t
> 3. -0, -m. < *-t (+ *nu in present)
> 1. -m(o) < *-me(n/s)
> 2. -cer < *-te:r
> 3. -m. < *-(V)nt
>
> 2pl. -cer in my opinion is the regular reflex of expected
> secondary *-ten > *-ter (in the series: 1pl. *-m-én, 2pl.
> *-t-én > *-tér, 3pl. *-0-én > *-ér + s > *-é:r), with *-tér
> reshaped to *-té:r under the influence of the 3pl. (itself
> replaced by *-ént in Tocharian).
>
> The 2sg. -t (agglutinated *tu > *-t(w)ä ?) is a peculiarity
> of Tocharian.