Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lawō

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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Athematic present from the root *lewh₃- (to wash).[1][2]

The unrounding of presumed original *o to *a is generally attributed to Thurneysen-Havet's law, which unrounds original PIE *o before *w (Italic *-ow- from original *-ew- does not unround). The source of such an o-grade verb formation is uncertain.

  • LIV, reconstructing a first-conjugation verb *lawāō, starts with a noun *lowh₃-éh₂, from which a denominative *lowh₃-éh₂-yeti would be made.[3]
  • Schrijver starts with a simple o-grade athematic *lówh₃ti.
  • Meiser reconstructs a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European *lelówh₃ti (to wash). This is odd, since o-grade is generally not expected in reduplicated athematic presents.

No matter the origin of the unrounded -a-, the -a- would be generalized to all related words in Latin.

Verb

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*lawō first-singular present indicative[2]

  1. to wash

Conjugation

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Inflection of *lawō (athematic)
Present *lawō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *lawatos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *lawō *lawōr
2nd sing. *lawas *lawazo
3rd sing. *lawat *lawator
1st plur. *lawamos *lawamor
2nd plur. *lawates
3rd plur. *lawent *lawentor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *lawām *lawār
2nd sing. *lawās *lawāzo
3rd sing. *lawād *lawātor
1st plur. *lawāmos *lawāmor
2nd plur. *lawātes
3rd plur. *lawānd *lawāntor
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. *lawa *lawazo
2nd plur. *lawate
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *lawatōd
Participles Present Past
*lawants *lawatos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*lawatus *lawazi

Derived terms

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  • *lawāðrom
  • *lawaēō (stative)[2]
    • Latin: lavō (first-conjugation verb) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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 2.2 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
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 418