Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/légʰyeti
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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
From *legʰ- (“to lie in resting position”) + *-yeti.
Verb edit
*légʰyeti (imperfective)[1]
Inflection edit
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *légʰyeti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *légʰyonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *légʰyoh₂ | *légʰyom | — | *légʰyōh₂ | *légʰyoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *légʰyesi | *légʰyes | *légʰye | *légʰyēsi | *légʰyoys |
| 3rd singular | *légʰyeti | *légʰyet | *légʰyetu | *légʰyēti | *légʰyoyt |
| 1st dual | *légʰyowos | *légʰyowe | — | *légʰyōwos | *légʰyoywe |
| 2nd dual | *légʰyetes | *légʰyetom | *légʰyetom | *légʰyētes | *légʰyoytom |
| 3rd dual | *légʰyetes | *légʰyetām | *légʰyetām | *légʰyētes | *légʰyoytām |
| 1st plural | *légʰyomos | *légʰyome | — | *légʰyōmos | *légʰyoyme |
| 2nd plural | *légʰyete | *légʰyete | *légʰyete | *légʰyēte | *légʰyoyte |
| 3rd plural | *légʰyonti | *légʰyont | *légʰyontu | *légʰyōnti | *légʰyoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *légʰyonts | ||||
Descendants edit
- Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *ležati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *ligjaną (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: (Homeric) λέκτο (lékto)
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN