Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dekēō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From earlier *dekējō, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti, from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”).

Verb

*dekēō first-singular present indicative^[1]

to fit, to be right

Inflection

Inflection of *dekēō (second conjugation stative)
Present	*dekēō
Perfect	*dekēwai
Aorist	—
Past participle	—
Present indicative	Active	Passive
1st sing.	*dekēō	—
2nd sing.	*dekēs	—
3rd sing.	*dekēt	—
1st plur.	*dekēmos	—
2nd plur.	*dekētes	—
3rd plur.	*dekēnt	—

Present subjunctive	Active	Passive
1st sing.	*dekēām	—
2nd sing.	*dekēās	—
3rd sing.	*dekēād	—
1st plur.	*dekēāmos	—
2nd plur.	*dekēātes	—
3rd plur.	*dekēānd	—

Perfect indicative	Active
1st sing.	*dekēwai
2nd sing.	*dekēwistai
3rd sing.	*dekēwe(d)
1st plur.	*dekēwomos
2nd plur.	*dekēwistes
3rd plur.	*dekēwēri

Aorist indicative	Active
1st sing.	—
2nd sing.	—
3rd sing.	—
1st plur.	—
2nd plur.	—
3rd plur.	—

Present imperative	Active	Passive
2nd sing.	*dekē	—
2nd plur.	—	—

Future imperative	Active
2nd + 3rd sing.	—

Participles	Present	Past
	*dekēnts	—

Verbal nouns	tu-derivative	s-derivative
	—	*dekēzi

Related terms

Descendants

Latin: decet (see there for further descendants)
Umbrian: 𐌕𐌉𐌜𐌉𐌕 (tiçit, 3rd singular present indicative)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164

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