No Proto-Celtic?

petegray petegray at btinternet.com
Thu Jun 14 19:20:58 UTC 2001


> I can't help noticing that personal markings of verbs in IE (and Uralic and
> Altaic as well, for all you Nostraticists) consistently come after the verb
> stem and not before it.

A similar, newly developed, pattern might be observable in Sanksrit - though
detailed analysis is really needed, and I am going only on impression.  It
is relatively common to find the word "aham" (= "I") attached to the end of
a verb or participle, but not common to find it before -
     e.g.:   vistabhya aham   = supporting I   = I am supporting
             katham vidyam aham  = how might know I = how might I know
             vahami aham   = bring I   = I bring
etc

Peter



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