From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 54460
Date: 2008-03-02
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>But there is no *bheih2dh- anywhere, nor are verbs ending in
>wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:04:59 -0000, "tgpedersen"
>> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >> >Sorry to tell you but this is 'ala-bala-portocala' :)
>> >>
>> >> You have misunderstood me. Balto-Slavic productive verbs in
>> >> *-i:ti are almost always denominal or deverbal. They are
>> >> derived either from another verb (e.g. Slavic nesti =>
>> >> nositi), or from a noun/adjective (e.g. Slavic slava =>
>> >> slaviti). In this case, the Lithuanian verb seems to be
>> >> denominal (but I would feel better if I could consult
>> >> Fraenkel).
>> >
>> >What happens if you posit that the root is *bheidh- 3sg pres.
>> >*bheid-ti -> *bheitti, by false division *bhei-ti? *Bhoidh-éy-
>> >would then be an ordinary causative.
>>
>> Causative of what? The non-causative is Lith. bijóti(es),
>> Slav. bojáti (seN) "to be afraid".
>
>Once more: False division of (*bheidh-ti ->) *bheitti creates a new
>root *bhei- of the same meaning. Now PIE (or some descendant) has two
>roots for the same: *bheidh- and *bhei-. Derive ad libitum.