Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tangō

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

Nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (to touch).

Verb edit

*tangō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to touch

Inflection edit

Inflection of *tangō (third conjugation)
Present *tangō
Perfect *tetagai
Past participle *taktos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *tangō *tangōr
2nd sing. *tanges *tangezo
3rd sing. *tanget *tangetor
1st plur. *tangomos *tangomor
2nd plur. *tangetes *tangem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *tangont *tangontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *tangām *tangār
2nd sing. *tangās *tangāzo
3rd sing. *tangād *tangātor
1st plur. *tangāmos *tangāmor
2nd plur. *tangātes *tangām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *tangānd *tangāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *tetagai
2nd sing. *tetagistai
3rd sing. *tetage(d)
1st plur. *tetagomos
2nd plur. *tetagistes
3rd plur. *tetagēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *tange *tangezo
2nd plur. *tangete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *tangetōd
Participles Present Past
*tangents *taktos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*taktum *tangezi

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: tangō (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Marrucinian: taa
  • >? Volscian: atahut

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tangō, tangere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606–607