Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mordeō

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *mordejō, from Proto-Indo-European iterative *(s)mord-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (to bite, sting).

Verb edit

*mordeō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to bite

Inflection edit

Inflection of *mordeō (second conjugation causative)
Present *mordeō
Perfect *memordai
Past participle *morssos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *mordeō *mordeōr
2nd sing. *mordēs *mordēzo
3rd sing. *mordēt *mordētor
1st plur. *mordēmos *mordēmor
2nd plur. *mordētes *mordēm(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *mordeont *mordeontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *mordeām *mordeār
2nd sing. *mordeās *mordeāzo
3rd sing. *mordeād *mordeātor
1st plur. *mordeāmos *mordeāmor
2nd plur. *mordeātes *mordeām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *mordeānd *mordeāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *memordai
2nd sing. *memordistai
3rd sing. *memorde(d)
1st plur. *memordomos
2nd plur. *memordistes
3rd plur. *memordēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *mordē *mordēzo
2nd plur. *mordēte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *mordētōd
Participles Present Past
*mordēnts *morssos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*morssum *mordēzi

Descendants edit

  • Latin: mordeō (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  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, page 389