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

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

> The -a- is a suffix forming iterative stems.

Where did/does it come from?

> The /S/ comes from *-s- > + *-j- (*pros-i-ti vs. *pras-j-a-ti).

Yes, that's what I had guessed. Where does the *-j- come from, then?

> What's interesting about this Balto-Slavic vr.ddhi is that it

extends > even to *i and *u, e.g. Pol. <da,c'> 'blow' (< *dUm-ti <
*dum-) vs. > <nadymac'> (< -dym-a-ti < *du:m-a:-) 'inflate' or
<pia,c'> > (sie,) 'climb' (< *pIn-ti < *pin-) vs. <wspinac'
sie,> (< *-pin-a-ti > < *pi:n-a:-)

Could that be analogical?

Thanks for answering my questions. :)

- Rob