Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c10.76

c10.76

These forms become in the G. & S. identified with the second and easily because one of the terminations ओ happens to be the same as that of the Imper. 2nd pers. pl. in those languages and got confused with the other Pr. Potential forms in ज; wherefore we find in the S. the Imper. 2nd pers. sing. terminations इ and उ applied to the base as थिजि ‘become’, सुनिजु ‘hear.’ This confusion extended to the Hindî also since to roots in इ or उ it appends जे and जो; for the Potential increment ज is given in the Pr. to roots ending in आ, इ, ओ etc. i. e. any vowel except अ. In the progress of a language confusion is natural and frequently observable. This double etymology explains all the facts of the case; while if we confine ourselves to one some are not accounted for.