Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 54547
Date: 2008-03-03

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

> How should y~ (-ti) be analyzed ?
>
> i-H1
> i-H2
> i-y-
> other ?
>

It's tempting to relate it to the *-éje- of PIE causatives (especially
since the verbs in -ýti show a(<*o)-vocalism), but I don't know what
to do with 1. acute 2. an irregular development *-eje- > -y- (but cf.
try~s '3' and the N. sg. of i-stems -y~s, both supposedly < *-ejes).

Sergei
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This idea really looks reliable.
(It's what I have in mind from the start)

Maybe, somebody can comment
on *eje > -y- [i:]
For which you have already given examples.

What are the reasons to choose -dh-
in bai~das ?
Why not -d- ?

Arnaud

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