Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sédt

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

Athematic root aorist of *sed- (“to sit”).

Verb

*sédt (perfective)^[1]

to sit down

Inflection

Perfective, athematic
3rd singular	*sédt
3rd plural	*sdént
Active voice	Indicative	Imperative	Subjunctive	Optative
1st singular	*sédm̥	—	*sédoh₂	*sdyéh₁m̥
2nd singular	*séds	séd, sddʰí	*sédesi	*sdyéh₁s
3rd singular	*sédt	*sédtu	*sédeti	*sdyéh₁t
1st dual	*sdwé	—	*sédowos	*sdih₁wé
2nd dual	*sdtóm	*sdtóm	*sédetes	*sdih₁tóm
3rd dual	*sdtā́m	*sdtā́m	*sédetes	*sdih₁tā́m
1st plural	*sdmé	—	*sédomos	*sdih₁mé
2nd plural	*sdté	*sdté	*sédete	*sdih₁té
3rd plural	*sdént	*sdéntu	*sédonti	*sdih₁ént

Participle	*sdónts
Middle voice	Indicative	Imperative	Subjunctive	Optative
1st singular	*sdh₂é	—	*sédoh₂er	*sdih₁h₂é
2nd singular	*sdth₂é	*sdsó	*sédeth₂er	*sdih₁th₂é
3rd singular	sdtó, sdó	*?	*sédetor	sdih₁tó, sdih₁ó
1st dual	*sdwédʰh₂	—	*sédowosdʰh₂	*sdih₁wédʰh₂
2nd dual	*?	*?	*?	*?
3rd dual	*?	*?	*?	*?
1st plural	*sdmédʰh₂	—	*sédomosdʰh₂	*sdih₁médʰh₂
2nd plural	*sddʰh₂wé	*sddʰh₂wé	*sédedʰh₂we	*sdih₁dʰh₂wé
3rd plural	sdn̥tó, sdró	*?	*sédontor	*sdih₁ró

Participle	*sdm̥h₁nós

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *ehedə
- Ancient Greek: εἷσα (heîsa)

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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