Re: [tied] Thematic root aorist

On 2006-07-17 15:48, Andrew Jarrette wrote:

> That's what I thought. But Edgard Bikelis was talking about the
> Sanskrit <avidat>-type aorist, which you suggested might be derived
> from athematic aorist subjunctives _with zero grade_. If athematic
> subjunctives, including aorist, had full grade, what then could be
> the origin of the zero grade in this Sanskrit aorist formation,
> especially if it is in fact derived from athematic aorist subjunctives?

I'd better retract the part about aorist subjunctives from the
explanation of the "plain thematic" aorist (as opposed to the simple
thematic present). Aorists like <ávidat> are best explained as
restructured middles of root aorists, reinterpreted as active verbs,
full stop.

Piotr