Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ezom

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Perfect indicatives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt (to become), from *bʰuH-.

Verb edit

*ezom or *som first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to be

Conjugation edit

Inflection of *ezom (irregular, athematic)
Present *som / *ezom
Perfect *fūai
Past participle
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *som / *ezom
2nd sing. *es
3rd sing. *est
1st plur. *(e?)somos
2nd plur. *(e?)stes
3rd plur. *sent
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *ezom
2nd sing. *ezes
3rd sing. *ezed
1st plur. *ezomos
2nd plur. *ezetes
3rd plur. *ezend
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *fūai
2nd sing. *fūistai
3rd sing. *fūe(d)
1st plur. *fūomos
2nd plur. *fūistes
3rd plur. *fūēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *es
2nd plur. *este
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *estōd
Participles Present Past
*sēnts
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*essi

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN