Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wizēō

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 Proto-Indo-European *wiséh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (to increase). See also Old English wise (stalk, sprout), Old Norse visir (sprout, bud), Lithuanian veisti (propagate).

Verb edit

*wizēō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to be verdant

Inflection edit

Inflection of *wizēō (second conjugation stative)
Present *wizēō
Perfect *wizai
Past participle *wizos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *wizēō *wizēōr
2nd sing. *wizēs *wizēzo
3rd sing. *wizēt *wizētor
1st plur. *wizēmos *wizēmor
2nd plur. *wizētes *wizēm(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *wizēnt *wizēntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *wizēām *wizēār
2nd sing. *wizēās *wizēāzo
3rd sing. *wizēād *wizēātor
1st plur. *wizēāmos *wizēāmor
2nd plur. *wizēātes *wizēām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *wizēānd *wizēāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *wizai
2nd sing. *wizistai
3rd sing. *wize(d)
1st plur. *wizomos
2nd plur. *wizistes
3rd plur. *wizēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *wizē *wizēzo
2nd plur. *wizēte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *wizētōd
Participles Present Past
*wizēnts *wizos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*wizum *wizēzi

Descendants edit

  • Latin: vireō (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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN