Reconstruction:Latin/hendo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find, hold”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to hold”), English get (via Old Norse geta). Related to praeda and perhaps also hedera.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhen.doː/, [ˈhɛn̪d̪oː]
Verb
[edit]*hendō (present infinitive *hendere, perfect active *hendī, supine *hēnsum); third conjugation
- I hold
Inflection
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prehendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487