EVOLUTION OF IMPERSONALITY IN VERBS

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A FOSSIL LANGUAGES*

1

SANSKRIT
OLD PERSIAN
GREEK
1 OLD SLAV
! LATIN
BIBLICAL ENGLISH

dadami
dadami
didomi
dami
1 di
I give

dadasi
dadahi
didos
dasi
das
thou givest

dadati
dadaiti
didcti
' dasti
dat
he (etc ) giveth

oadmas
dademahi
didomes
j damu
1 damns
we give

datta
dasta
didote
daste
dins
ye give

dadati
dadenti
didont!
dadanti
dant
t&ey give

B, LJYIXG
LANGUAGES

ITALIAN
FRENCH
ICELANDIC
i?irrcH
^NGLO- AMERICAN
D^asii

10 do
je doaae
eggef
ikgeef
I give
jeg giver

tu dal
tu donnes
thu gefur
jij geeft
you give
du giver

egiioa }
il donne
haim gefur
hijgeeft
he gives
ban giver

noi dfamo j
nous donncns
vjer gefiim
I wij geven
v e give
vi giver

voi date |
TOUS donnez
thjer gefith
lullie geven
you gn e
ae gi^er

essi darmo ]
ils donaent
their gefa
I zij gevea
the^gne
deg!"er

* The spellirg coaventions follow Bopp^

Gunm , \ol 2^ p 354