From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₁-yé-ti, with laryngeal loss, from *selh₁- (“to take”) + *-yéti.[1][2] Cognate with English sell and Latin cōnsulō (“to seek counsel from, deliberate”).
*sliyeti[1]
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *sliyū | *sliyemam | *sislāsū | ? |
| 2nd singular | *sliyesi | *sliyetās | *sislāsesi | ? |
| 3rd singular | *sliyeti | *sliyeto | *sislāseti | ? |
| 1st plural | *sliyomosi | *sliyemo | *sislāsomosi | ? |
| 2nd plural | *sliyetesi | *sliyestē | *sislāsetesi | ? |
| 3rd plural | *sliyonti | *sliyento | *sislāsonti | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *sliye | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *sliyetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *sliyomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *sliyete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *sliyontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *sliyūr | — | *sislāsūr | ? |
| 2nd singular | *sliyetar | — | *sislāsetar | ? |
| 3rd singular | *sliyetor | ? | *sislāsetor | ? |
| 1st plural | *sliyommor | — | *sislāsommor | ? |
| 2nd plural | *sliyedwe | — | *sislāsedwe | ? |
| 3rd plural | *sliyontor | ? | *sislāsontor | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
| Declension of the past participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *?os | *?ou | *?oi |
| vocative | *?e | *?ou | *?oi |
| accusative | *?om | *?ou | *?oms |
| genitive | *?ī | *?ous | *?om |
| dative | *?ūi | *?obom | *?obos |
| instrumental | *?ū | *?obim | *?obis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *?ā | *?ai | *?ās |
| vocative | *?ā | *?ai | *?ās |
| accusative | *?am | *?ai | *?ams |
| genitive | *?ās | *?ous | *?om |
| dative | *?ai | *?ābom | *?ābos |
| instrumental | *? | *?ābim | *?ābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *?om | *?ou | *?ā |
| vocative | *?om | *?ou | *?ā |
| accusative | *?om | *?ou | *?ā |
| genitive | *?ī | *?ous | *?om |
| dative | *?ūi | *?obom | *?obos |
| instrumental | *?ū | *?obim | *?obis |