Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yeti

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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[edit]

Suffix[edit]

*(é)-yeti

  1. Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Usage notes[edit]

In many daughter languages, this suffix came to be affixed to stems as well. It was used frequently to convert originally athematic inflections into thematic inflections.

Inflection[edit]

Imperfective, thematic
3rd singular *(é)-yeti
3rd plural *(é)-yonti
Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *(é)-yoh₂ *(é)-yom *(é)-yōh₂ *(é)-yoyh₁m̥
2nd singular *(é)-yesi *(é)-yes *(é)-ye *(é)-yēsi *(é)-yoys
3rd singular *(é)-yeti *(é)-yet *(é)-yetu *(é)-yēti *(é)-yoyt
1st dual *(é)-yowos *(é)-yowe *(é)-yōwos *(é)-yoywe
2nd dual *(é)-yetes *(é)-yetom *(é)-yetom *(é)-yētes *(é)-yoytom
3rd dual *(é)-yetes *(é)-yetām *(é)-yetām *(é)-yētes *(é)-yoytām
1st plural *(é)-yomos *(é)-yome *(é)-yōmos *(é)-yoyme
2nd plural *(é)-yete *(é)-yete *(é)-yete *(é)-yēte *(é)-yoyte
3rd plural *(é)-yonti *(é)-yont *(é)-yontu *(é)-yōnti *(é)-yoyh₁n̥t
Participle *(é)-yonts
Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *(é)-yoh₂er *(é)-yoh₂e *(é)-yōh₂er *(é)-yoyh₂e
2nd singular *(é)-yeth₂er *(é)-yeth₂e *(é)-yeso *(é)-yēth₂er *(é)-yoyth₂e
3rd singular *(é)-yetor *(é)-yeto *? *(é)-yētor *(é)-yoyto, *(é)-yoyh₁o
1st dual *(é)-yowosdʰh₂ *(é)-yowedʰh₂ *(é)-yōwosdʰh₂ *(é)-yoywedʰh₂
2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
1st plural *(é)-yomosdʰh₂ *(é)-yomedʰh₂ *(é)-yōmosdʰh₂ *(é)-yoymedʰh₂
2nd plural *(é)-yedʰh₂we *(é)-yedʰh₂we *(é)-yedʰh₂we *(é)-yēdʰh₂we *(é)-yoydʰh₂we
3rd plural *(é)-yoror, *(é)-yontor *(é)-yoro, *(é)-yonto *? *(é)-yōror, *(é)-yōntor *(é)-yoyro, *(é)-yoyh₁n̥to
Participle *(é)-yomnos

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: -եմ (-em) (partially)
  • Proto-Germanic: *-(i)ja- (j-presents, class 1 weak verbs)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *-yō
    • Ancient Greek: -έω (-éō) (partially, when added to roots, when compounded with *-e- (noun thematic vowel), ie. *-eyé-, when added to s-stem nouns, ie. *-esyé-)
    • Ancient Greek: -όω (-óō) (aboriginal ἀρόω (aróō) and new denominative verbs to o-stem nouns)
    • Ancient Greek: -πτω (-ptō) (< *-pye-, *-pʰye-)
    • Ancient Greek: -σσω (-ssō), -ττω (-ttō) (< *-kye-, *-kʰye-, *-kʷye-, *-kʷʰye-, *-tye-, *-tʰye-, *-gye-)
    • Ancient Greek: -ζω (-zō) (< *-gye-, *-gʷye-, *-dye-)
    • Ancient Greek: -λλω (-llō) (< *-lye-)
    • Ancient Greek: -ιCω (-iCō) (< *-Cye-)
  • Italic:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-yati

See also[edit]

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