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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Indo-European: Kazuhiko Yoshida (Kyoto University)
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SUMMARY:Indo-European: Kazuhiko Yoshida (Kyoto University)
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Hittite <em>aušta</em> and <em>maušta</em></h3><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> Jay Jasanoff (2003:178-8) proposes that the Hittite 3 sg. preterite <em>naiš</em> ‘led’ is derived from an aorist <em>*nḗiH-s-t</em> in a PIE presigmatic paradigm, which replaced a PIE <em>h<sub>2</sub>e-</em> conjugation root aorist <em>*nóiH-e</em>. On the other hand, <em>aušta</em> ‘saw’ and <em>maušta</em> ‘fell’ did not lose the final <em>*-t</em>, but preserved it by attachment of a final prop vowel <em>a</em>. Crucial to this development was the synchronic reanalysis of the 3 sg. preterites <em>*aušt</em> and <em>*maušt</em> as <em>mi</em>-conjugation forms. However, inner Hittite evidence shows that the 3 sg. preterite ending of <em>ḫi</em>-verbs was originally <em>*-s</em>, not <em>*-s-t</em>. It is arguable that aušta and maušta acquired its final <em>-ta</em> /-t/ within the relatively late prehistory of Hittite.</p>
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