Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷémt

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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]

Etymology[edit]

Athematic root aorist of *gʷem- (to step).

Verb[edit]

*gʷémt (perfective)[1]

  1. to step, to take a step
  2. to arrive

Inflection[edit]

Perfective, athematic, active only
3rd singular *gʷémt
3rd plural *gʷmént
Active voice Indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *gʷḗm *gʷémoh₂ *gʷm̥yéh₁m̥
2nd singular *gʷéms *gʷém, *gʷm̥dʰí *gʷémesi *gʷm̥yéh₁s
3rd singular *gʷémt *gʷémtu *gʷémeti *gʷm̥yéh₁t
1st dual *gʷm̥wé *gʷémowos *gʷmih₁wé
2nd dual *gʷm̥tóm *gʷm̥tóm *gʷémetes *gʷmih₁tóm
3rd dual *gʷm̥tā́m *gʷm̥tā́m *gʷémetes *gʷmih₁tā́m
1st plural *gʷm̥mé *gʷémomos *gʷmih₁mé
2nd plural *gʷm̥té *gʷm̥té *gʷémete *gʷmih₁té
3rd plural *gʷmént *gʷméntu *gʷémonti *gʷmih₁ént
Participle *gʷmónts

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: եկն (ekn)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gimtei
    • Latvian: dzimt (be born)
    • Lithuanian: gimti (be born)
  • Proto-Germanic: *kwemaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hágant

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN