Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kanō

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 *keh₂n- (to sing).[1]

Verb edit

*kanō first-singular present indicative

  1. to sing

Inflection edit

Inflection of *kanō (third conjugation)
Present *kanō
Perfect *kekanai
Past participle *kantos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *kanō *kanōr
2nd sing. *kanes *kanezo
3rd sing. *kanet *kanetor
1st plur. *kanomos *kanomor
2nd plur. *kanetes *kanem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kanont *kanontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *kanām *kanār
2nd sing. *kanās *kanāzo
3rd sing. *kanād *kanātor
1st plur. *kanāmos *kanāmor
2nd plur. *kanātes *kanām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kanānd *kanāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *kekanai
2nd sing. *kekanistai
3rd sing. *kekane(d)
1st plur. *kekanomos
2nd plur. *kekanistes
3rd plur. *kekanēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *kane *kanezo
2nd plur. *kanete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *kanetōd
Participles Present Past
*kanents *kantos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*kantum *kanezi

Descendants edit

  • Latin: canō
  • Umbrian: canitu (2° person singular future active imperative)

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “canō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8