Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/legō
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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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect”).
Verb[edit]
*legō first-singular present indicative[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of *legō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *legō | |
| Perfect | *lēgai | |
| Past participle | *lektos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legō | *legōr |
| 2nd sing. | *leges | *legezo |
| 3rd sing. | *leget | *legetor |
| 1st plur. | *legomos | *legomor |
| 2nd plur. | *legetes | *legem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legont | *legontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legām | *legār |
| 2nd sing. | *legās | *legāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *legād | *legātor |
| 1st plur. | *legāmos | *legāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *legātes | *legām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legānd | *legāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *lēgai | |
| 2nd sing. | *lēgistai | |
| 3rd sing. | *lēge(d) | |
| 1st plur. | *lēgomos | |
| 2nd plur. | *lēgistes | |
| 3rd plur. | *lēgēri | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *lege | *legezo |
| 2nd plur. | *legete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *legetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *legents | *lektos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *lektum | *legezi | |
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: legō (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care”).
Verb[edit]
*legō first-singular present indicative
- to care
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of *legō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *legō | |
| Perfect | *lēksai | |
| Past participle | *lektos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legō | *legōr |
| 2nd sing. | *leges | *legezo |
| 3rd sing. | *leget | *legetor |
| 1st plur. | *legomos | *legomor |
| 2nd plur. | *legetes | *legem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legont | *legontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *legām | *legār |
| 2nd sing. | *legās | *legāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *legād | *legātor |
| 1st plur. | *legāmos | *legāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *legātes | *legām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *legānd | *legāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *lēksai | |
| 2nd sing. | *lēksistai | |
| 3rd sing. | *lēkse(d) | |
| 1st plur. | *lēksomos | |
| 2nd plur. | *lēksistes | |
| 3rd plur. | *lēksēri | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *lege | *legezo |
| 2nd plur. | *legete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *legetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *legents | *lektos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *lektum | *legezi | |
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: *legō (only in dī-ligō, intel-legō, neg-legō (these may be derivatives of Latin legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, but were at least influenced by this verb))
- ⇒ Latin: *religō (“to observe”)
- ⇒ Latin: religiō (“reverence”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Latin: *religō (“to observe”)
- Oscan: leíguss
- Paelignian: lexe
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 332-3