Latin perfects

[petegray]

Anthony Appleyard said:

> I had an idea that Latin perfects with a {v} inserted may have come by
> contraction of a periphrastic perfect using the Latin perfect active
> participle [in -vos..]

J Hewson 1997 "Tense and Aspect in IE" says that the Tocharian preterite is
based precisely on this formation.

>...that Latin perfects with the {v} missing [... donastis, norunt etc] are
>not contracted but original,

Philip Baldi 1999 "Foundations of Latin"  makes the same point, though from
a different origin.

You are not alone!

Peter