“…In 16 th -18 th c. Old Latvian writings, two distinct mihi est-type constructions are attested which contain the debitive and have, accordingly, been repeatedly suggested as a potential source of the deb-construction as such in the literature (cf. recently Andronovs 1998;Vanags 2000;Wälchli 2000, 200-207;Holvoet 1998;2001b, 9-15, 21-27;2007, 185-193;Balode & Holvoet 2001, 6;Seržant & Taperte 2016, 210-211).…”