Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/legō
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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
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect”).
Verb
edit*legō first-singular present indicative[1]
Inflection
edit| Inflection of *legō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *legō | |
| Perfect | *lēgai | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *lektos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legō | *legōr |
| 2nd sing. | *leges | *legezo |
| 3rd sing. | *leget | *legetor |
| 1st plur. | *legomos | *legomor |
| 2nd plur. | *legetes | *legem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legont | *legontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legām | *legār |
| 2nd sing. | *legās | *legāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *legād | *legātor |
| 1st plur. | *legāmos | *legāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *legātes | *legām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legānd | *legāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *lēgai | |
| 2nd sing. | *lēgistai? | |
| 3rd sing. | *lēgei | |
| 1st plur. | *lēgme? | |
| 2nd plur. | *lēge | |
| 3rd plur. | *lēgēri | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *lege | *legezo |
| 2nd plur. | *legete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *legetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *legents | *lektos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *lektum | *legezi | |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Latin: legō (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care”).
Verb
edit*legō first-singular present indicative
- to care
Inflection
edit| Inflection of *legō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *legō | |
| Perfect | *lēksai | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *lektos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legō | *legōr |
| 2nd sing. | *leges | *legezo |
| 3rd sing. | *leget | *legetor |
| 1st plur. | *legomos | *legomor |
| 2nd plur. | *legetes | *legem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legont | *legontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legām | *legār |
| 2nd sing. | *legās | *legāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *legād | *legātor |
| 1st plur. | *legāmos | *legāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *legātes | *legām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legānd | *legāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *lēksai | |
| 2nd sing. | *lēksistai? | |
| 3rd sing. | *lēksei | |
| 1st plur. | *lēksme? | |
| 2nd plur. | *lēkse | |
| 3rd plur. | *lēksēri | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *lege | *legezo |
| 2nd plur. | *legete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *legetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *legents | *lektos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *lektum | *legezi | |
Descendants
edit- Latin: *legō (only in dī-ligō, intel-legō, neg-legō (these may be derivatives of Latin legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, but were at least influenced by this verb))
- ⇒ Latin: *religō (“to observe”)
- ⇒ Latin: religiō (“reverence”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Latin: *religō (“to observe”)
- Oscan: leíguss
- Paelignian: lexe
References
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 332-3