[tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their thematic vo

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

> Rob wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I believe Indo-Iranian preserves some remnants of both a root aorist
> and a sigmatic one (originally with a specifically inchoative value).

What's your evidence? The forms you cited? Or is there more?

- Rob