A Comparative Linguistic Study of the Verbal Morphology of Hieroglyphic Luvian

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Hieroglyphic Luvian verbs are divided into two groups: those which have -t- alternating with rhotacized -r- in 3 sg. ending and those which have -t- never alternating with rhotacized -r-. This phenomenon is not limited to Hieroglyphic Luvian, but is observed in Cuneiform Luvian and Lycian in a similar manner. The verbs in these languages consistently have either lax or tense alveolar in the endings of the 3 sg. In an intervocalic position.There are not any examples in Hieroglyphic Luvian verbs that are characterized by more archaic 3 sg. ending *-o without -t-. However, the morphological changes in 3 sg. mediopassive endings, -a → -ta and -a → -atta, were still operating during attested Hittite history.This fact undoubtedly shows that ^*-to cannot have been created when the Anatolian branch split off from the rest of the Indo-European family, contrary to the generally accepted view that both ^*-to and ^*-o must be reconstructed as 3 sg. mediopassive endings in the parent language.The morphological history of Anatolian verbs clarified in this study shows that they still preserve an archaism of remarkable antiquity which plays an important role in reconstructing the Proto-Indo-European verbal system.