Re: But where does *-mi come from?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "aquila_grande" <aquila_grande@...>
wrote:

> Well Jens, but where are the participle markers? Present 3. person
> is an old participle in Finnish, but there are not any participle
> markers elsewhere.

Right, but that's the same in IE. The noun stem *H3ré:g^- (Skt. rá:j-,
Lat. re:g-) means 'king', i.e. 'a ruling one'. The verb *H3ré:g^-mi,
Skt. rá:j-mi means 'I rule', lit. "I (am) a ruling one". The verbal
root has the force of an agent noun by itself.

Jens