Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āō

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

    From Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-yé-ti: *-eh₂-yé-ti > intermediate phase **-ājō with syncope of the diphthong -yé and accent shift > Proto-Italic *-āō.

    Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-ōną (referring to the whole conjugation in which the infinitive is *-ōną), Ancient Greek -άω (-áō, contracted verb), Proto-Celtic *-āti, Sanskrit -आयति (-ā́yati) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei (whence the infinite Proto-Slavic *-ati, referring again to the whole conjugation).

    Suffix[edit]

    *-āō

    1. Forms primarily denominative verbs.

    Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of *-āō (first conjugation)
    Present *-āō
    Perfect
    Past participle *-tos
    Present indicative Active Passive
    1st sing. *-āō *-āōr
    2nd sing. *-ās *-āzo
    3rd sing. *-āt *-ātor
    1st plur. *-āmos *-āmor
    2nd plur. *-ātes *-ām(e?)n(ai?)
    3rd plur. *-ānt *-āntor
    Present subjunctive Active Passive
    1st sing. *-āēm? *-āēr?
    2nd sing. *-āēs? *-āēzo?
    3rd sing. *-āēd? *-āētor?
    1st plur. *-āēmos? *-āēmor?
    2nd plur. *-āētes? *-āēm(e?)n(ai?)?
    3rd plur. *-āēnd? *-āēntor?
    Perfect indicative Active
    1st sing.
    2nd sing.
    3rd sing.
    1st plur.
    2nd plur.
    3rd plur.
    Present imperative Active Passive
    2nd sing. *-ā *-āzo
    2nd plur. *-āte
    Future imperative Active
    2nd + 3rd sing. *-ātōd
    Participles Present Past
    *-ānts *-tos
    Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
    *-tum *-āzi

    Derived terms[edit]

    Related terms[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Latin: -ō, -āre (first conjugation, etymology 3) (see there for further descendants)