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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

>
> Is there any verbal root which has both forms? (I ask because, so
> far, it seems that the answer is "no". For example, there is no

word

> *bhe:r to contrast with *bho:r.)

IEW gives some Germanic reflexes of *bhe:r-, as OHG, OS ba:ra, OE
bae:r f. `Bahre'. Since there is apparently no PIE
wordtype "*bhe:raH2" this does look like the continuation of a root
noun.

>
> > The difference is understandably less clear when it comes to

nomina

> > agentis, since the meaning of a simple agent noun can easily

be

> > extended to incude habitual semantic shades. Still, there does

seem

> > to exist a distinction similar to that between *d&3-té:r

and

> > *dóh3-to:r.
>
> I would rather say that those two forms were coined at different
> stages in IE's development, *dxWté:r being older and *déxWto:r

being

> younger.
>
> - Rob