/Anatolian /-nt-/ and Greek /-nth-/

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

Rick Mc Callister <rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu> wrote:

>So this would be the same root as the 3rd Singular verb ending -nt- ?
>e.g. Latin ama-nt "love-they all"

>>iffr762 at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu wrote:

>[ moderator snip ]

>>>I suppose we could say that the form was originally
>>>/-ndh-/, but the Anatolian forms in /-nt/ are generally considered older.

>>The IE etymon is *-nt- (probably identical to the
>>Luwian/Slavic/Tocharian collective (plural) suffix *-(e/o)nt-).

The verbal ending, and the -nt- of the present/active participle
may well be related.

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