Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wewórte

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

Reduplicated stative of the root *wert- (to turn, rotate).

Verb edit

*wewórte (stative)[1]

  1. to be turned towards

Inflection edit

Stative
3rd singular *wewórte
3rd plural *wewr̥tḗr
Active voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *wewórth₂e *wewértoh₂ *wewr̥tyéh₁m̥
2nd singular *wewórtth₂e *wewórt, *wewr̥tdʰí *wewértesi *wewr̥tyéh₁s
3rd singular *wewórte *wewórttu *wewérteti *wewr̥tyéh₁t
1st dual *wewr̥twé *wewértowos *wewr̥tih₁wé
2nd dual *? *wewr̥ttóm *wewértetes *wewr̥tih₁tóm
3rd dual *? *wewr̥ttā́m *wewértetes *wewr̥tih₁tā́m
1st plural *wewr̥tmé *wewértomos *wewr̥tih₁mé
2nd plural *wewr̥té *wewr̥tté *wewértete *wewr̥tih₁té
3rd plural *wewr̥tḗr *wewr̥téntu *wewértonti *wewr̥tih₁ént
Participle *wewr̥twṓs

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Germanic: *warþ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wawárta

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN