Re: sum

> >
> > Nonono. They existed already. If the semi-thematic is the

original

> > one, you get the thematic one by inserting _stressed -e-_ in the
> > zero forms, getting a suffix-stressed static thematic paradigm.
> Move
> > stress forward a few syllables: Voilà, thematic paradigm.
>
> I don't understand this. Which ones existed already? Athematic
> *H1ésmi, *H1smós, *H1sénti? And was a "stressed -e-" inserted into
> the "zero forms"? What would that give if not a 3sg *H1s-é-ti? If
> so, what happened to that form which is not something we seem to
> find? You really need to be more explicit.
>

This is how I see it:

In the beginning, there was semi-thematic:

*h1sóm-
*h1és-s-
*h1és-t-

*h1sóm-
*h1éstV-
*h1sónt-

generalised by some branches to athematic
*h1és-mi
*h1és-si
*h1és-ti

*h1és-mV-
*h1és-tV
*h1sén-ti


In general, the original active paradigm, namely semi-thematic
*-óm
*´-s
*´-t

*-óme
*´-te
*-ónt

becomes either athematic
*´-mi
*´-si
*´-ti

??
??
*´-nti

or, by inserting -é- in the zero-grade forms of the semi-thematic

thematic
*-óm
*-és
*-ét

*-ómV
*-étV
*-ónt

based on various choices in the various languages.


Torsten