The Distribution of the 3rd sg. endings of the Indo-European middle present

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Document Type:
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Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Distribution of the 3rd sg. endings of the Indo-European middle present
Authors:
Svensson, Miguel Villanueva
In the Journal:
Historische Sprachforschung Historical Linguistics, 2014, 127, 68-100
Subject Category:
LT
Indoeuropiečių kalbos / Indo-European languages; Žodžių daryba. Žodžio dalys / Word formation. Parts of a word.
Summary / Abstract:

ENAs is well known, two different 3 sg. endings can be reconstructed for the Indo-European middle: *-to, ubiquitous in all languages that preserve the middle voice (Hitt, iya-tta(ri) “marches”, Ved. niri-yd- te “dies”, Lat. -tur, Gk. -rat, etc.), and a rarer variant *-o and/or *-e (Hitt, kis-a “becomes”, Ved. say-e “lies”). The same presence of two structurally different endings occurs in tire 3 pl. (Hitt, -anta(ri), Ved. -ate, -ate, Lat. -utur, Gk. -vrat, etc. < *-nto beside Ved. se-re “they lie”, YAv. aijhdire “they sit” < *-ro, *-ero) and the 2 sg. (Ved. -se, Lat. -re, Gk. -oat, Go. -za < *-so beside Hitt, -tta(ri), Ved. sec. -thah, Toch. A -tar, OIr. -ther < ^-thie). For tire 1 sg., on the other hand, only a perfect-like ending *-/12(e) can be reconstr ucted (Hitt, -lilia(ri), Ved. -e, Lat. -or, etc.). The 1st and 2nd plural endings, which present an entirely different structure, and the even more problematic dual endings will be left out of consideration hr what follows.

DOI:
10.13109/hisp.2014.127.1.68
ISSN:
0935-3518; 2196-8071
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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2026-02-25 13:42:41
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