Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéydseti

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

Etymology

  • From *weyd- (to see) +‎ *-(h₁)seti (desiderative verbal suffix).

    Verb

    *wéydseti (imperfective)[1]

    1. to want to see

    Inflection

    Imperfective, thematic
    3rd singular *wéydseti
    3rd plural *wéydsonti
    Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *wéydsoh₂ *wéydsom *wéydsōh₂ *wéydsoyh₁m̥
    2nd singular *wéydsesi *wéydses *wéydse *wéydsēsi *wéydsoys
    3rd singular *wéydseti *wéydset *wéydsetu *wéydsēti *wéydsoyt
    1st dual *wéydsowos *wéydsowe *wéydsōwos *wéydsoywe
    2nd dual *wéydsetes *wéydsetom *wéydsetom *wéydsētes *wéydsoytom
    3rd dual *wéydsetes *wéydsetām *wéydsetām *wéydsētes *wéydsoytām
    1st plural *wéydsomos *wéydsome *wéydsōmos *wéydsoyme
    2nd plural *wéydsete *wéydsete *wéydsete *wéydsēte *wéydsoyte
    3rd plural *wéydsonti *wéydsont *wéydsontu *wéydsōnti *wéydsoyh₁n̥t
    Participle *wéydsonts
    Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *wéydsoh₂er *wéydsoh₂e *wéydsōh₂er *wéydsoyh₂e
    2nd singular *wéydseth₂er *wéydseth₂e *wéydseso *wéydsēth₂er *wéydsoyth₂e
    3rd singular *wéydsetor *wéydseto *? *wéydsētor *wéydsoyto, *wéydsoyh₁o
    1st dual *wéydsowosdʰh₂ *wéydsowedʰh₂ *wéydsōwosdʰh₂ *wéydsoywedʰh₂
    2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    1st plural *wéydsomosdʰh₂ *wéydsomedʰh₂ *wéydsōmosdʰh₂ *wéydsoymedʰh₂
    2nd plural *wéydsedʰh₂we *wéydsedʰh₂we *wéydsedʰh₂we *wéydsēdʰh₂we *wéydsoydʰh₂we
    3rd plural *wéydsontor *wéydsonto *? *wéydsōntor *wéydsoyro
    Participle *wéydsomnos

    Descendants

    • Proto-Italic: *weidsō
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • East Baltic:
        • Latgalian: vaicuot (to want to see, to look for)

    References

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