Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kneiɣʷēō

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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 earlier *kneiɣʷējō, from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ-éh₁y-eti, from *kneygʷʰ- (to bend, to droop). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.

Verb[edit]

*kneiɣʷēō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to close one's eyes
  2. to blink

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of *kneiɣʷēō (second conjugation stative)
Present *kneiɣʷēō
Perfect *kneiksai
Past participle *kniktos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *kneiɣʷēō *kneiɣʷēōr
2nd sing. *kneiɣʷēs *kneiɣʷēzo
3rd sing. *kneiɣʷēt *kneiɣʷētor
1st plur. *kneiɣʷēmos *kneiɣʷēmor
2nd plur. *kneiɣʷētes *kneiɣʷēm(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kneiɣʷēnt *kneiɣʷēntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *kneiɣʷēām *kneiɣʷēār
2nd sing. *kneiɣʷēās *kneiɣʷēāzo
3rd sing. *kneiɣʷēād *kneiɣʷēātor
1st plur. *kneiɣʷēāmos *kneiɣʷēāmor
2nd plur. *kneiɣʷēātes *kneiɣʷēām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kneiɣʷēānd *kneiɣʷēāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *kneiksai
2nd sing. *kneiksistai
3rd sing. *kneikse(d)
1st plur. *kneiksomos
2nd plur. *kneiksistes
3rd plur. *kneiksēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *kneiɣʷē *kneiɣʷēzo
2nd plur. *kneiɣʷēte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *kneiɣʷētōd
Participles Present Past
*kneiɣʷēnts *kniktos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*kniktum *kneiɣʷēzi

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: *nīveō
  • Umbrian: conegos, kunikaz

References[edit]

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