Re: [tied] Re: *m for 1st & *t for 2nd person in PIE and Proto-Ural

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:31:39 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>> Toch. B.
>> 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.
>
>
>Did I understand that right: a pres. ind. with secondary endings?

Not quite. Secondary endings used for _all_ active
non-perfect paradigms (present, optative, imperfect).

Tocharian A uses primary endings for all of these.

It follows that pre-Tocharian still had both sets of
endings.

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