Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/proβwāō

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Proto-Italic

Etymology

From *proβwos (“correct, proper”) +‎ *-āō (factitive deadjectival suffix).[1]

Verb

*proβwāō

  1. to approve

Conjugation

Inflection of *proβwāō (first conjugation)
Present *proβwāō
Perfect —
Aorist —
Past participle *proβwātos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *proβwāō *proβwāōr
2nd sing. *proβwās *proβwāzo
3rd sing. *proβwāt *proβwātor
1st plur. *proβwāmos *proβwāmor
2nd plur. *proβwātes *proβwām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *proβwānt *proβwāntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *proβwāēm? *proβwāēr?
2nd sing. *proβwāēs? *proβwāēzo?
3rd sing. *proβwāēd? *proβwāētor?
1st plur. *proβwāēmos? *proβwāēmor?
2nd plur. *proβwāētes? *proβwāēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *proβwāēnd? *proβwāēntor?
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. —
2nd sing. —
3rd sing. —
1st plur. —
2nd plur. —
3rd plur. —
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing. —
2nd sing. —
3rd sing. —
1st plur. —
2nd plur. —
3rd plur. —
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *proβwā *proβwāzo
2nd plur. *proβwāte —
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *proβwātōd
Participles Present Past
*proβwānts *proβwātos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*proβwātum *proβwāzi

Reconstruction notes

  • *w was lost early in Italic after labial obstruents,[1] resulting in a by-form *proβāō.[2]

Descendants

  • Latin: probō (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌓𐌞𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌄𐌃 (prúfatted, perf. 3sg.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-90: “probus”
  2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2017) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, and Jared Klein, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, De Gruyter
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