Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/petkāō

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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

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *ped-ko- (having a fault at the root), a formation of *ped- (foot; to walk) + *-ko- (suffix denoting faults), analogous to Latin mancus (maimed, literally having a fault in the hand) and caecus (blind). However, no allusions to the concept of feet are found in the Italic word's descendants, and secondary connotations of "to make a faux pas" are figuratively better explained with an Italic word for "walking" (such as Latin ambulō (to traverse, walk)) than with *ped-, which does not denote "walking" in Italic.

Leumann, in contrast, derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *pet-ko- (a fall, error), from *pet- (to fall). This is semantically more tenable, though the addition of *-ko- is rather odd.[1]

Verb

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*petkāō first-singular present indicative

  1. to sin

Conjugation

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Inflection of *petkāō (first conjugation)
Present *petkāō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *petkātos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *petkāō *petkāōr
2nd sing. *petkās *petkāzo
3rd sing. *petkāt *petkātor
1st plur. *petkāmos *petkāmor
2nd plur. *petkātes *petkām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *petkānt *petkāntor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *petkāēm? *petkāēr?
2nd sing. *petkāēs? *petkāēzo?
3rd sing. *petkāēd? *petkāētor?
1st plur. *petkāēmos? *petkāēmor?
2nd plur. *petkāētes? *petkāēm(e?)n(ai?)?
3rd plur. *petkāēnd? *petkāēntor?
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *petkā *petkāzo
2nd plur. *petkāte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *petkātōd
Participles Present Past
*petkānts *petkātos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*petkātum *petkāzi

Descendants

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  • Latin: pecco
  • Umbrian: pesetom (participle perfect)

References

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  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, page 453