Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sapiō

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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[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *sp-ye- (to notice), from *sep- (to try, to research).

Verb[edit]

*sapiō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to taste
  2. to discern, can tell apart, know (the difference?)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of *sapiō (third conjugation)
Present *sapjō
Perfect *sēpai
Past participle
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *sapjō
2nd sing. *sapjes
3rd sing. *sapjet
1st plur. *sapjomos
2nd plur. *sapjetes
3rd plur. *sapjont
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *sapjām
2nd sing. *sapjās
3rd sing. *sapjād
1st plur. *sapjāmos
2nd plur. *sapjātes
3rd plur. *sapjānd
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *sēpai
2nd sing. *sēpistai
3rd sing. *sēpe(d)
1st plur. *sēpomos
2nd plur. *sēpistes
3rd plur. *sēpēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *sapje
2nd plur.
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing.
Participles Present Past
*sapjents
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*sapjezi

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: sapiō (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 538-9