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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āō

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 Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-yé-ti: *-eh₂-yé-ti > intermediate phase **-ājō with syncope of the diphthong -yé and accent shift > Proto-Italic *-āō.

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-ōną (referring to the whole conjugation in which the infinitive is *-ōną), Ancient Greek -άω (-áō, contracted verb), Proto-Celtic *-āti, Sanskrit -आयति (-ā́yati) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei (whence the infinite Proto-Slavic *-ati, referring again to the whole conjugation).

Suffix

*-āō

  1. Forms primarily denominative verbs.

Inflection

Inflection of *-āō (first conjugation)
Present *-āō
Perfect
Past participle *-tos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *-āō *-āōr
2nd sing. *-ās *-āzo
3rd sing. *-āt *-ātor
1st plur. *-āmos *-āmor
2nd plur. *-ātes *-ām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *-ānt *-āntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *-āēm? *-āēr?
2nd sing. *-āēs? *-āēzo?
3rd sing. *-āēd? *-āētor?
1st plur. *-āēmos? *-āēmor?
2nd plur. *-āētes? *-āēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *-āēnd? *-āēntor?
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. * *-āzo
2nd plur. *-āte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *-ātōd
Participles Present Past
*-ānts *-tos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*-tum *-āzi

Derived terms

Proto-Italic terms suffixed with *-āō

Descendants

  • Latin: -ō, -āre (first conjugation, etymology 3) (see there for further descendants)
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