Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:52:29 -0000, "tgpedersen"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>This is nicer: the 'me-thinks' construction:
>*mis trewa satiða "by-me/for-me (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>*þus trewa satiða "by-thee/for-thee (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>*imma trewa satiða "by-him/for-him (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>
>>
>becomes a 'I-think' construction
>*ik trewa satiða "by-me/for-me (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>*þu trewa satiðe:s "by-thee/for-thee (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>*is trewa satiða "by-him/for-him (a) tree was-set (3sg middle)"
>
>in that 3sg. is misinterpreted as a form of the 'do' verb which is
>then used to supplement the paradigm.

What does "(3sg middle)" mean at the end of the lines?

What do you think PGmc. *-a gives in the Gothic Auslaut?

What about the plural?

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