The origin of the type Lith. bliáuti, bliáuja, Latv. bļaût, bļaûju in a Balto-Slavic perspective

Svensson, Miguel Villanueva

doi:10.15388/baltistica.46.2.1384

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“…*‐ stertı̍ , *‐ stь̏r(j)ǫ ‘stretch’ (OCS ‐ strěti , ‐ stьrǫ ) &Vert; PIE * sterh 3 ‐ ‘stretch, extend’. Sl. *‐ űti , *‐ űjǫ ‘put on / take off (shoes)’ (OCS ob ‐/ iz‐uti , ‐ ujǫ ) &Vert; PIE * h 3 eu̯ ‐ ‘put on / take off’ (Villanueva Svensson 2011b: 214). Sl. *‐ vertı̍ , *‐ vь̏rǫ ‘open/close; stick through’ (OCS ‐ vrěti , ‐ vьrǫ ) &Vert; PIE * Hu̯er ‐ ‘cover’. Sl.…”

Section: Slavic Verbs With Second Stem In ‐A‐mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Balto‐Slavicā‐aorist

Svensson

2020

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The paper presents a new theory of the origin of the Balto-Slavic a-aorist. It is argued that the conjunct evidence of Baltic and Slavic allows us to reconstruct a clear picture of the position of the a-aorist in the Balto-Slavic verb system: the Balto-Slavic aorist suffix *-awas non-acute (thus pointing to an original form *-ah 2-e/o-> Bl.-Sl. *-a-), triggered zero grade of the root, and was exclusively found beside primary thematic and i̯ e/o-presents. As indicated by a new analysis of the Slavic data, the a-aorist was exclusively used to make aorists from PIE present roots. In spite of frequent claims to the contrary, the Balto-Slavic a-aorist has no obvious cognates elsewhere in the family and is thus likely to be an innovation of this branch. The most obvious clue within Balto-Slavic itself is the formal identity of Baltic a-preterits and a-presents. Some recent refinements in our understanding of the Indo-European ah 2-presents and their development in Balto-Slavic (where they were specialized as a deverbative formation with iterative value) allow us to postulate that the Balto-Slavic a-aorist goes back to the imperfect of a Balto-Slavic a-iterative.

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Section: Slavic Verbs With Second Stem In ‐A‐mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…* pl’ьva̋ti , * pljűjǫ ‘spit’ (CS plьvati , pljujǫ ) &Vert; PIE * spti̯eu̯H ‐ ( vel sim .) ‘spit’ (Villanueva Svensson 2011b: 208). Sl. * rъva̋ti , * rъ̏vǫ ‘tear’ (OCS ‐ rъvati , ‐ rъvǫ ) &Vert; PIE * reu̯h 2/3 ‐ || Also Sl.…”

Section: Slavic Verbs With Second Stem In ‐A‐mentioning

confidence: 99%