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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