Latin perfects

[petegray]

Concerning Latin perfects from the PIE perfect active participle in -v-.

This is an interesting idea, Anthony.  In truth, no one knows where the -v-
forms come from.   They are not even in Oscan or Umbrian.   There is perhaps
a similar form in the Old Irish preterite 3 sing srai'- (in sraithi = he
hurled it).   Srai' should be from *stra:w-e, and would therfore be related
to Latin stra:vit.

Some (e.g. Martinet) have suggested a laryngeal origin, that it begins when
the 1 sing -Ha suffix is attached to verbs ending in -h3 (such as streh3,
g'neh3, bhleh3 - strew, know, blow) and then it extends to other laryngeal
verbs, thence to all stems ending in a vowel.   Others say this is unlikely.

It would be nice if we could show a relationship to the Sanskrit forms in -u
(which is found on laryngeal verbs) but the origin of this is also unknown.

Peter