Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wertō

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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 *wértti (to be turning around), from the root *wert- (to turn, rotate).[1]

Verb[edit]

*wertō first-singular present indicative

  1. to turn

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of *wertō (third conjugation)
Present *wertō
Perfect *wertetai
Past participle *worssos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *wertō *wertōr
2nd sing. *wertes *wertezo
3rd sing. *wertet *wertetor
1st plur. *wertomos *wertomor
2nd plur. *wertetes *wertem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *wertont *wertontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *wertām *wertār
2nd sing. *wertās *wertāzo
3rd sing. *wertād *wertātor
1st plur. *wertāmos *wertāmor
2nd plur. *wertātes *wertām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *wertānd *wertāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *wertetai
2nd sing. *wertetistai
3rd sing. *wertete(d)
1st plur. *wertetomos
2nd plur. *wertetistes
3rd plur. *wertetēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *werte *wertezo
2nd plur. *wertete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *wertetōd
Participles Present Past
*wertents *worssos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*worssum *wertezi

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: vertō (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 666-7