As i have heard, there were 2 types of e's, one got creating through
connecting "a" + "i" (which i think is the e for 已然形) and one through "i + a"
(which i think is the e for 命令形),

And since the suffix り apparently developed through fusion of auxiliary verb
あり + 四段 in 連用形 (like 書き + あり = 書けり), that means it should be "i (as in ka
**ki** ) + "a" (as in **a** ri), which means its a fusion of 命令形 right? am i
correct on this?
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classical-japanese
is the old perfective suffix り connecting to 命令形 because there were 2 types of e?