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PIE nu-factitives in Balto-Slavic
Slavic nǫ-perfectives and Lithuanian verbs in ‑inti
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Miguel Villanueva Svensson
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August 26, 2025
Abstract
Slavic nǫ-perfectives, one of the two main sources of Leskien’s Class II, continue a Balto-Slavic class of derived verbs characterized by present stem *‑ne/a‑ (< post-PIE *‑nu̯-e/o‑) and aorist-infinitive *‑nau̯‑ (< PIE *‑neu̯ ‑). This class most likely continues PIE nu-factitives, a type best preserved in Anatolian. Baltic causatives and factitives in ‑inti, ‑ina go back to this class as well. Bl. *‑in‑ originated in reanalysis of pres. *‑ina as *‑in‑a. Pres. *‑ina, in its turn, is a historically composite suffix consisting of *‑i(‑) (< Bl.-Sl. *‑ī(t) < PIE 3sg. *‑ei̯e‑ti) and *‑na‑ (< Bl.-Sl. *‑ne/a‑). Baltic suggests that nu-verbs were still used to form deadjective factitives in Balto-Slavic.
Keywords: Indo-European; Anatolian; Balto-Slavic; factitives; causatives; perfectives; nasal presents; nu-presents
Online erschienen: 2025-08-26
Erschienen im Druck: 2025-08-01
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Keywords for this article
Indo-European;
Anatolian;
Balto-Slavic;
factitives;
causatives;
perfectives;
nasal presents;
nu-presents
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