Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃méyǵʰeti
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic root present of *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”).
Verb
*h₃méyǵʰeti (imperfective)[1]
- to be urinating
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *h₃méyǵʰeti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *h₃méyǵʰonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *h₃méyǵʰoh₂ | *h₃méyǵʰom | — | *h₃méyǵʰōh₂ | *h₃méyǵʰoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *h₃méyǵʰesi | *h₃méyǵʰes | *h₃méyǵʰe | *h₃méyǵʰēsi | *h₃méyǵʰoys |
| 3rd singular | *h₃méyǵʰeti | *h₃méyǵʰet | *h₃méyǵʰetu | *h₃méyǵʰēti | *h₃méyǵʰoyt |
| 1st dual | *h₃méyǵʰowos | *h₃méyǵʰowe | — | *h₃méyǵʰōwos | *h₃méyǵʰoywe |
| 2nd dual | *h₃méyǵʰetes | *h₃méyǵʰetom | *h₃méyǵʰetom | *h₃méyǵʰētes | *h₃méyǵʰoytom |
| 3rd dual | *h₃méyǵʰetes | *h₃méyǵʰetām | *h₃méyǵʰetām | *h₃méyǵʰētes | *h₃méyǵʰoytām |
| 1st plural | *h₃méyǵʰomos | *h₃méyǵʰome | — | *h₃méyǵʰōmos | *h₃méyǵʰoyme |
| 2nd plural | *h₃méyǵʰete | *h₃méyǵʰete | *h₃méyǵʰete | *h₃méyǵʰēte | *h₃méyǵʰoyte |
| 3rd plural | *h₃méyǵʰonti | *h₃méyǵʰont | *h₃méyǵʰontu | *h₃méyǵʰōnti | *h₃méyǵʰoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *h₃méyǵʰonts | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *miźtei
- Proto-Germanic: *mīganą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *oméikʰō
- Ancient Greek: ὀμείχω (omeíkhō)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmáyȷ́ʰati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hmáyźʰati
- Sanskrit: मेहति (méhati) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hmáyjati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hmáyźʰati
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN