Re: [tied] Thematic root aorist

On 2006-07-16 08:54, Edgard Bikelis wrote:

> If by 'he' you mean me, Andrew, I was trying to create a mental
> table of possible root forms. There are athematic (*h1es-, for instance)
> and thematic (*bher-) durative roots, but so far I just saw athematic
> (*deh3-) punctual roots. Then I asked if there is any punctual root with
> thematic vowel and accent on root's ablauting vowel. It is indeed
> curious that there is none. What I meant was different from thematic
> durative roots that have accent on the thematic vowel when in the aorist.

Reconstructions of simple thematic presents like *bHér-e/o- are
traditionally called "PIE", but it seems that they were only beginning
to emerge as a class of present stems after the split of PIE into
proto-Anatolian and "the Rest". They are completely absent from
anatolian, and only two (!) of them, *bHér-e/o- and *h2ág^-e/o-, have
exact cognates in Tocharian. As for the origin of simple thematic
presents, see earlier discussions on Cybalist, e.g.:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/38169

Piotr