Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/proβwāō

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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

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Etymology

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From *proβwos (correct, proper) +‎ *-āō (factitive deadjectival suffix).

Verb

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*proβwāō

  1. to approve

Conjugation

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Inflection of *proβwāō (first conjugation)
Present *proβwāō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *proβwātos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *proβwāō *proβwāōr
2nd sing. *proβwās *proβwāzo
3rd sing. *proβwāt *proβwātor
1st plur. *proβwāmos *proβwāmor
2nd plur. *proβwātes *proβwām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *proβwānt *proβwāntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *proβwāēm? *proβwāēr?
2nd sing. *proβwāēs? *proβwāēzo?
3rd sing. *proβwāēd? *proβwāētor?
1st plur. *proβwāēmos? *proβwāēmor?
2nd plur. *proβwāētes? *proβwāēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *proβwāēnd? *proβwāēntor?
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *proβwā *proβwāzo
2nd plur. *proβwāte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *proβwātōd
Participles Present Past
*proβwānts *proβwātos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*proβwātum *proβwāzi

Reconstruction notes

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  • *w was lost early in Italic after labial obstruents,[1] resulting in a by-form *proβāō.[2]

Descendants

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  • Latin: probō (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌓𐌞𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌄𐌃 (prúfatted, perf. 3sg.)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “probus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490
  2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2017) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, and Jared Klein, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, De Gruyter