Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷelāō

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁éh₂yeti, *gʷelH- (throw). De Vaan explains the semantic shift by taking the original meaning of *gʷelH- as "to raise the arm", which then shifted to "to fly".[1]

Verb

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*gʷelāō first-singular present indicative

  1. to fly

Conjugation

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Inflection of *gʷelāō (first conjugation)
Present *gʷelāō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *gʷelātos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *gʷelāō *gʷelāōr
2nd sing. *gʷelās *gʷelāzo
3rd sing. *gʷelāt *gʷelātor
1st plur. *gʷelāmos *gʷelāmor
2nd plur. *gʷelātes *gʷelām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *gʷelānt *gʷelāntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *gʷelāēm? *gʷelāēr?
2nd sing. *gʷelāēs? *gʷelāēzo?
3rd sing. *gʷelāēd? *gʷelāētor?
1st plur. *gʷelāēmos? *gʷelāēmor?
2nd plur. *gʷelāētes? *gʷelāēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *gʷelāēnd? *gʷelāēntor?
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *gʷelā *gʷelāzo
2nd plur. *gʷelāte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *gʷelātōd
Participles Present Past
*gʷelānts *gʷelātos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*gʷelātum *gʷelāzi

Descendants

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  • Latin: volō

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 687-8