Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéwket
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Thematic reduplicated root aorist of *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).
Verb
[edit]*wéwket (perfective)[1]
- to say
Inflection
[edit]| Perfective, thematic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *wéwket | |||
| 3rd plural | *wéwkont | |||
| Active voice | Indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *wéwkom | — | *wéwkōh₂ | *wéwkoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *wéwkes | *wéwke | *wéwkēsi | *wéwkoys |
| 3rd singular | *wéwket | *wéwketu | *wéwkēti | *wéwkoyt |
| 1st dual | *wéwkowe | — | *wéwkōwos | *wéwkoywe |
| 2nd dual | *wéwketom | *wéwketom | *wéwkētes | *wéwkoytom |
| 3rd dual | *wéwketām | *wéwketām | *wéwkētes | *wéwkoytām |
| 1st plural | *wéwkome | — | *wéwkōmos | *wéwkoyme |
| 2nd plural | *wéwkete | *wéwkete | *wéwkēte | *wéwkoyte |
| 3rd plural | *wéwkont | *wéwkontu | *wéwkōnti | *wéwkoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *wéwkonts | |||
| Middle voice | Indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *wéwkoh₂e | — | *wéwkōh₂er | *wéwkoyh₂e |
| 2nd singular | *wéwketh₂e | *wéwkeso | *wéwkēth₂er | *wéwkoyth₂e |
| 3rd singular | *wéwketo | *? | *wéwkētor | *wéwkoyto, *wéwkoyh₁o |
| 1st dual | *wéwkowedʰh₂ | — | *wéwkōwosdʰh₂ | *wéwkoywedʰh₂ |
| 2nd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 3rd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 1st plural | *wéwkomedʰh₂ | — | *wéwkōmosdʰh₂ | *wéwkoymedʰh₂ |
| 2nd plural | *wéwkedʰh₂we | *wéwkedʰh₂we | *wéwkēdʰh₂we | *wéwkoydʰh₂we |
| 3rd plural | *wéwkonto | *? | *wéwkōntor | *wéwkoyro |
| Participle | *wéwkomnos | |||
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Hellenic: *weikʷon (< earlier *weukʷom)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háwawčat (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN