Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lawāō

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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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(le)lówh₃ti (to wash), from the root *lewh₃- (to wash).[1][2]

The reason for the unrounding of presumed original *o to *a is uncertain; perhaps *lawa- was extracted from prefixed compounds in which it was unstressed (*X́-low(a)-e-) and the diphthong *-ow- weakened to *-aw-,[1] but this explanation is not very satisfying. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

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*lawāō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to wash

Conjugation

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Inflection of *lawāō (first conjugation)
Present *lawāō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *lawātos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *lawāō *lawāōr
2nd sing. *lawās *lawāzo
3rd sing. *lawāt *lawātor
1st plur. *lawāmos *lawāmor
2nd plur. *lawātes *lawām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *lawānt *lawāntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *lawāēm? *lawāēr?
2nd sing. *lawāēs? *lawāēzo?
3rd sing. *lawāēd? *lawāētor?
1st plur. *lawāēmos? *lawāēmor?
2nd plur. *lawāētes? *lawāēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *lawāēnd? *lawāēntor?
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. *lawā *lawāzo
2nd plur. *lawāte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *lawātōd
Participles Present Past
*lawānts *lawātos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*lawātum *lawāzi

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: lavō (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: luō (backformed from compounds ending in -luō)
    • Spanish: luir (learned)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lavō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 330–331
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 2.2.1, pages 396–397