Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/hékʷomai
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Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-.[1]
Verb
*hékʷomai
- to follow
Inflection
Present forms of *hékʷomai
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | *? | ||||||||||
| participle | *? | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | ||
| subjunctive | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | ||
| optative | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | ||
| imperative | - | *? | *? | - | *? | *? | - | *? | *? | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | *hékʷestʰai | ||||||||||
| participle | *hekʷómenos | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *hékʷomai | *hékʷehai | *hékʷetai | *hékʷestʰa | *hékʷestʰon | *hékʷestʰon | *hekʷómestʰa | *hékʷestʰe | *hékʷontai | ||
| subjunctive | *hékʷōmai | *hékʷēhai | *hékʷētai | *hékʷēstʰa | *hékʷēstʰon | *hékʷēstʰon | *hekʷṓmestʰa | *hékʷēstʰe | *hékʷōntai | ||
| optative | *hekʷóimān | *hékʷoyo | *hékʷoito | *hekʷóiwetʰa | *hékʷoistʰon | *hekʷóistʰān | *hekʷóimetʰa | *hékʷoistʰe | *hékʷointo | ||
| imperative | - | *hékʷeho | *hekʷéstʰō | - | *hékʷestʰon | *hekʷéstʰōn | - | *hékʷestʰe | *hekʷéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *hékʷomai
| Active | ||||||||||
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| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | ||
| Middle/Passive | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *ehekʷómān | *ehékʷeho | *ehékʷeto | *ehékʷestʰon | *ehekʷéstʰān | *ehekʷómetʰa | *ehékʷestʰe | *ehékʷonto | ||
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: ἕπομαι (hépomai)
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀤𐀯𐀍 (e-qe-si-jo /hekʷesios/)
- ⇒ Proto-Hellenic: *hekʷétās
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕπομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447