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

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 39975
Date: 2005-09-13

tgpedersen wrote:

> Erh, explain how you just proved that Tokh. A hasn't regularised the
> pres. pass. part.?

Regularised? It shows the expected pattern of loss or retention of weak
vowels, slightly different from that of Toch.B. Both languages show
direct and phonologically regular reflexes of the same preform, which in
turn goes back to the IE middle participle *bHer-o-m&1no-, also
reflected in Gk. pHeromenos. If you want to claim that the Toch.B form
stands for something else, the burden of the proof is on you.

Piotr