The prehistory of kláusti, klausýti, and their related forms revisited
The prehistory of kláusti, klausýti, and their related forms revisited
Author(s): Yoko YamazakiSubject(s): Morphology, Historical Linguistics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Balto-Slavic historical morphology; Indo-European desideratives; iteratives; Baltic transitive ia-presents; Baltic intransitive inchoatives;
Summary/Abstract: The Baltic verbs, Lith. kláusti ‘to ask questions’, klausýti ‘to listen’, Latv. klàust ‘to ask questions’ and klàusît / klaũsît ‘to listen’ exhibit intriguing morphological and accentological distributions. For a long time, this has interested linguists as shown by numerous previous studies starting with Schulze (1904). Despite several proposals put forward so far, researchers have not yet agreed on a historical interpretation of the acute tone of Lith. kláusti, or on the historical relationship of kláusti to its cognates not only in Balto-Slavic but also in Indo-European languages. In this paper, all the relevant data and hypotheses available to the current author will be examined again, and a more probable historical interpretation will be sought.
Journal: Lietuvių kalba
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 49-60
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
