Baltų kalbų *rau- "rauti" tipo veiksmažodžių atitikmenys slavų ir lotynų kalbose

Abstract

The analysis of Baltic, Slavonic and Latin verbs originated from old Indo-European roots of type *Ceu-/*Cou-/*Cū is presented in the article. The focus of attention is the structure of Present Tense. The endings of those verbal roots are vowelled. Therefore, in the formation of conjugated forms of the Present Tense, means in order to avoid hiatus are searched. The Present Tense forms of the verbs under consideration in Baltic and Slavonic languages are usually built by insertion of parenthetic į between a thematic vowel and an ending, while in the Latin verbs thej is hypothetical: its reconstruction is based on the facts of other languages (Oscan, Umbrian, Baltic). Only the Baltic verbs under consideration make semantic word-formation oppositions. Neither Slavonic nor Baltic verbs do not make such oppositions. Common verbal equivalents are discovered in the languages under consideration. There are 10 common Baltic-Slavonic-Latin equivalents, 4+10 Baltic-Slavonic equivalents, 5+10 Baltic-Latin equivalents, and the only 1 Slavonic-Baltic verbal equivalent.