Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéwket

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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 reduplicated root aorist of *wekʷ- (to speak, sound out).

Verb

*wéwket (perfective)[1]

  1. to say

Inflection

Perfective, thematic
3rd singular *wéwket
3rd plural *wéwkont
Active voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *wéwkom *wéwkōh₂ *wéwkoyh₁m̥
2nd singular *wéwkes *wéwke *wéwkēsi *wéwkoys
3rd singular *wéwket *wéwketu *wéwkēti *wéwkoyt
1st dual *wéwkowe *wéwkōwos *wéwkoywe
2nd dual *wéwketom *wéwketom *wéwkētes *wéwkoytom
3rd dual *wéwketām *wéwketām *wéwkētes *wéwkoytām
1st plural *wéwkome *wéwkōmos *wéwkoyme
2nd plural *wéwkete *wéwkete *wéwkēte *wéwkoyte
3rd plural *wéwkont *wéwkontu *wéwkōnti *wéwkoyh₁n̥t
Participle *wéwkonts
Middle voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *wéwkoh₂e *wéwkōh₂er *wéwkoyh₂e
2nd singular *wéwketh₂e *wéwkeso *wéwkēth₂er *wéwkoyth₂e
3rd singular *wéwketo *? *wéwkētor *wéwkoyto, *wéwkoyh₁o
1st dual *wéwkowedʰh₂ *wéwkōwosdʰh₂ *wéwkoywedʰh₂
2nd dual *? *? *? *?
3rd dual *? *? *? *?
1st plural *wéwkomedʰh₂ *wéwkōmosdʰh₂ *wéwkoymedʰh₂
2nd plural *wéwkedʰh₂we *wéwkedʰh₂we *wéwkēdʰh₂we *wéwkoydʰh₂we
3rd plural *wéwkonto *? *wéwkōntor *wéwkoyro
Participle *wéwkomnos

Descendants

  • Proto-Hellenic: *weikʷon (< earlier *weukʷom)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háwawčat (see there for further descendants)

References

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