Re: [tied] *kap-

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 40996
Date: 2005-10-03

Grzegorz Jagodzinski wrote:

> I do not know a -ya- present type with full
> grade in Sanskrit. If you know, please give me more information. AFAIK only
> secondary present stems of the 10th class (-aya-) could have the full grade
> in the root but we are not talking about *-eje- (causatives) but about *-je-
> (mainly statives and passives).

Ever seen <pás'yati> from *(s)pek^- (cf. OAv. spasiia:) = Lat. specio:?
About 10-20% of securely reconstructed PIE *-je- presents are of this
subtype. If you're interested in more information, I'll provide the
bibliography.

Piotr