Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂wéseti

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 root present of *h₂wes- (to dwell).

Verb edit

*h₂wéseti (imperfective)[1][2]

  1. to dwell, remain

Inflection edit

Imperfective, thematic, active only
3rd singular *h₂wéseti
3rd plural *h₂wésonti
Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *h₂wésoh₂ *h₂wésom *h₂wésōh₂ *h₂wésoyh₁m̥
2nd singular *h₂wésesi *h₂wéses *h₂wése *h₂wésēsi *h₂wésoys
3rd singular *h₂wéseti *h₂wéset *h₂wésetu *h₂wésēti *h₂wésoyt
1st dual *h₂wésowos *h₂wésowe *h₂wésōwos *h₂wésoywe
2nd dual *h₂wésetes *h₂wésetom *h₂wésetom *h₂wésētes *h₂wésoytom
3rd dual *h₂wésetes *h₂wésetām *h₂wésetām *h₂wésētes *h₂wésoytām
1st plural *h₂wésomos *h₂wésome *h₂wésōmos *h₂wésoyme
2nd plural *h₂wésete *h₂wésete *h₂wésete *h₂wésēte *h₂wésoyte
3rd plural *h₂wésonti *h₂wésont *h₂wésontu *h₂wésōnti *h₂wésoyh₁n̥t
Participle *h₂wésonts

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Germanic: *wesaną[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwásati (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂ṷés-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 293
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wesan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 582:*h₂ués-e-