Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their thematic vowel

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Rob wrote:
>
> > Well, what are they? I ask because I do not have any Vedic or
> > Avestan resources (aside from what little I can find online) at my
> > disposal.
>
> Things like RV ábHa:r and Old Avestan (imperative) bartu:

Okay. The RV form looks like it came from IE *ébhe:rs, which is a
sigmatic aorist (or is that what you were talking about?). I don't
know about the Old Avestan form.

- Rob