Oriugin of thematic conjugation

> So, originally it must have been
> *papri-t-kW(e), is ... "the impure-making (one), he..."
> *ma suwaya-t im kW(e), is ... "but the hitting-him (one), he..."
>

Now, if PIE followed the Latin rule that -que attracts the stress to
the preceding syllable. This might be the beginning of the thematic
conjugation. The thematic conjugation is historically derived from the
subjunctive, which is the conjugation you find in subordinate clauses.

Aha!


Torsten