Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)néh₂ti

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

Athematic root present of *(s)neh₂- (to swim; to float).

Verb edit

*(s)néh₂ti (imperfective)

  1. to swim, to be swimming

Inflection edit

Imperfective, athematic, active only
3rd singular *(s)néh₂ti
3rd plural *(s)n̥h₂énti
Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *(s)néh₂mi *(s)nā́m *(s)néh₂oh₂ *(s)n̥h₂yéh₁m̥
2nd singular *(s)néh₂si *(s)néh₂s *(s)néh₂, *(s)n̥h₂dʰí *(s)néh₂esi *(s)n̥h₂yéh₁s
3rd singular *(s)néh₂ti *(s)néh₂t *(s)néh₂tu *(s)néh₂eti *(s)n̥h₂yéh₁t
1st dual *(s)n̥h₂wós *(s)n̥h₂wé *(s)néh₂owos *(s)n̥h₂ih₁wé
2nd dual *(s)n̥h₂tés *(s)n̥h₂tóm *(s)n̥h₂tóm *(s)néh₂etes *(s)n̥h₂ih₁tóm
3rd dual *(s)n̥h₂tés *(s)n̥h₂tā́m *(s)n̥h₂tā́m *(s)néh₂etes *(s)n̥h₂ih₁tā́m
1st plural *(s)n̥h₂mós *(s)n̥h₂mé *(s)néh₂omos *(s)n̥h₂ih₁mé
2nd plural *(s)n̥h₂té *(s)n̥h₂té *(s)n̥h₂té *(s)néh₂ete *(s)n̥h₂ih₁té
3rd plural *(s)n̥h₂énti *(s)n̥h₂ént *(s)n̥h₂éntu *(s)néh₂onti *(s)n̥h₂ih₁ént
Participle *(s)n̥h₂ónts

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Celtic: *snāti[1]
  • Hellenic: (by analogy with πλέω (pléō, sail))
    • Ancient Greek: νέω (néō, swim)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *snáHti
  • Proto-Italic: *snāō

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*snā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 348