[tied] Re: sum

> >> >I thought it would be nice
> >> >to fix that by putting in a mechanism to generate ablaut in

the

> >> >paradigm. Also, my proposal follows the accent of the Sanskrit

s-

> >> >aorist, at least in the sg.
> >>
> >> No it doesn't. The s-aorist has root stress throughout.
> >> Perhaps you mean the se-aorist, which has theme-stress
> >> throughout.
> >>
> >
> >From your own notes:
> >Slavic
> >-xU, -sU
> >-0
> >-0
> >
> >-xomU, -somU
> >-ste
> >-s^e~, -se~
> >
> >-xove^, -sove^
> >-sta
> >-ste
> >
> >"
> >The first person has been thematized (*-sW-o-m, *sW-o-mos, *sW-o-
> >we:), the others are athematic...
> >"
>
> The first persons come from the se-aorist, the 2/3 persons
> pl. and du. come from the s-aorist, the 2/3sg. com from the
> root aorist or the imperfect.

...he said authoritatively. Why do you think that?

>
> >TP: now add a thematized 3rd pl and you got a semi-thematic

paradigm

> >
> >and
> >
> >Sanskrit
> >á-bha:r-s.-am
> >á-bha:r-s.-0
> >á-bha:r-s.-0
> >
> >etc. Full grade of suffix in 1st person, zero-grade otherwise.
>
> The first person is also zero grade: -m. > -am
>

It can't be < *-om ?


Torsten