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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen <elme@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> >
> > > The short /e/ of OS deda, OHG teta is from *i by a-umlaut which is
> > > apparently later than the replacement of /e/ by /e:/ in the
> > > reduplication. Thus Gmc. *ðiðe:, *ðe:ðun presupposes *ðiðe:,
> > > *ðeðun from IE *dhi-dhéH1-t, *dhé-dhH1-n.t .
> >
> > Is that a perfect, or an intensive present?
>
> It's a normal reduplicated athematic present.
So the pret. frawarðiða "ruined" is from frawarði-ðiðe: "ruined
*does*", not "ruined did"?
Hm.
Let's assume the stem was *dhegh- and the pres.
*dhgh-om-i, *dhegh-s-i. *dhegh-t-i,...,*dhgh-ént-i >
*ghdh-om-i, *dhe:-i, *dhe:i,..., *ghdh-ént-i >
*dh-om-i, *dhe:-i, *dhe:i,..., *dh-ént-i >
and the perf.
*dhédhogh-x-, *dhédhogh-tx-, *dhédhogh-,...*dhedhgh-ér- >
*dhédhogh-x-, *dhédhogh-tx-, *dhédhogh-,...*dheghdh-ér- >
*dhédhow-x-, *dhédhow-tx-, *dhédhow-,...*dhe:dh-ér-
and when prefixed with something
*´-dhdhow-x-, *´-dhdhow-tx-, *´-dhdhow-,...*-dhe:dh-ér-
PGerm.
3sg *´-ðða-, 3pl *´-ðe:ð-un-
which would give frawarði-ðða, frawarði-ðe:ð-un "ruined did"
Torsten