Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-kt

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Etymology

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Limited to PNIE and possibly built upon an intrusive velar or a velar extension.

Suffix

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*-kt[1][2]

  1. Forms perfective verbs from roots.

Inflection

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Perfective, athematic
3rd singular *(é)-kt
3rd plural *(∅)-ként
Active voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *(é)-km̥ *(é)-koh₂ *(∅)-kyéh₁m̥
2nd singular *(é)-ks *(é)-k, *(∅)-kdʰí *(é)-kesi *(∅)-kyéh₁s
3rd singular *(é)-kt *(é)-ktu *(é)-keti *(∅)-kyéh₁t
1st dual *(∅)-kwé *(é)-kowos *(∅)-kih₁wé
2nd dual *(∅)-któm *(∅)-któm *(é)-ketes *(∅)-kih₁tóm
3rd dual *(∅)-ktā́m *(∅)-ktā́m *(é)-ketes *(∅)-kih₁tā́m
1st plural *(∅)-kmé *(é)-komos *(∅)-kih₁mé
2nd plural *(∅)-kté *(∅)-kté *(é)-kete *(∅)-kih₁té
3rd plural *(∅)-ként *(∅)-kéntu *(é)-konti *(∅)-kih₁ént
Participle *(∅)-kónts
Middle voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *(∅)-kh₂é *(é)-koh₂er *(∅)-kih₁h₂é
2nd singular *(∅)-kth₂é *(∅)-ksó *(é)-keth₂er *(∅)-kih₁th₂é
3rd singular *(∅)-któ, *(∅)-kó *? *(é)-ketor *(∅)-kih₁tó, *(∅)-kih₁ó
1st dual *(∅)-kwédʰh₂ *(é)-kowosdʰh₂ *(∅)-kih₁wédʰh₂
2nd dual *? *? *? *?
3rd dual *? *? *? *?
1st plural *(∅)-kmédʰh₂ *(é)-komosdʰh₂ *(∅)-kih₁médʰh₂
2nd plural *(∅)-kdʰh₂wé *(∅)-kdʰh₂wé *(é)-kedʰh₂we *(∅)-kih₁dʰh₂wé
3rd plural *(∅)-kn̥tó, *(∅)-kró *? *(é)-kontor *(∅)-kih₁ró
Participle *(∅)-km̥h₁nós

Derived terms

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Category Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-kt not found
  • Proto-Hellenic: *-kə
    • Ancient Greek: -κα (-ka)

Further reading

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  • Jasanoff, Jay H. (2017–2018) “Chapter III: Historical perspectives on Indo-European linguistics”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The impact of Hittite and Tocharian: Rethinking Indo-European in the 20th century and beyond, page 224
  • Rix, Helmut (1992) Historische Grammatik des Griechischen: Laut- und Formenlehre (in German), 2nd edition, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, →ISBN, §7.3.3.1 Wurzelaorist und -k-Aorist, pages 214-215

References

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  1. ^ J. A., Kerns, Benjamin, Schwartz (1972) A Sketch of the Indo-European Finite Verb, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ Kortlandt, Frederik (2016) “The Indo-European k-aorist”, in Frederik Kortlandt: Other electronic publications[1]