Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dōnāō
Proto-Italic
Etymology
Etymology tree
From *dōnom + *-āō, which could point to a Proto-Indo-European verb *deh₃n-eh₂-yé-ti.
Verb
*dōnāō first-singular present indicative
Inflection
| Inflection of *dōnāō (first conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *dōnāō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *dōnātos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *dōnāō | *dōnāōr |
| 2nd sing. | *dōnās | *dōnāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *dōnāt | *dōnātor |
| 1st plur. | *dōnāmos | *dōnāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *dōnātes | *dōnām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *dōnānt | *dōnāntor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *dōnāēm? | *dōnāēr? |
| 2nd sing. | *dōnāēs? | *dōnāēzo? |
| 3rd sing. | *dōnāēd? | *dōnāētor? |
| 1st plur. | *dōnāēmos? | *dōnāēmor? |
| 2nd plur. | *dōnāētes? | *dōnāēm(e?)n(ai?)? |
| 3rd plur. | *dōnāēnd? | *dōnāēntor? |
| 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. | *dōnā | *dōnāzo |
| 2nd plur. | *dōnāte | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *dōnātōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *dōnānts | *dōnātos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *dōnātum | *dōnāzi | |
Reconstruction notes
The various Italic descendants indicate the existence of this Proto-Italic form, although De Vaan suggests that these separate terms may represent the same development occurring independently in multiple Italic languages.
Descendants
- Latin: dōnō
- Oscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌍𐌀𐌕 (dunat), 𐌃𐌖𐌖𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌃 (duunated)
- Venetic: 𐌃𐌏𐌍𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌏 (donasto)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “donum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 179