Proto-Indo-European did not originally have an infinitive, but it did have several constructions that served as action nouns.
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"' Upasarga "'is a term used in Sanskrit grammar for a special class of twenty prepositional particles prefixed to verbs or to action nouns.
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:: Further to what Alex said : a common term for these kinds of words would be action noun; the more general framework for describing such relations is derivation.
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"` I Know What You Did Last Summer', but I don't give a damn . " ( OK, he used an Anglo-Saxon action noun that is a lot stronger than " damn . " ) " I can't ever see that movie again ."
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:: Unfortunately, you cannot call your verbs gerunds, because gerunds are verbals ( other parts of speech derived from verbs ) that have meanings closer to action nouns : " the "'passing away "'of the king ", " the "'testing "'of the students . " Gelu Ignisque 17 : 23, May 20, 2004 ( UTC)
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