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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/légʰyeti
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *legʰ- + *-yeti.
Verb
*légʰyeti (imperfective)[1]
- to be lying down
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *légʰyeti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *légʰyonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *légʰyoh₂ | *légʰyom | — | *légʰyōh₂ | *légʰyoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *légʰyesi | *légʰyes | *légʰye | *légʰyēsi | *légʰyoys |
| 3rd singular | *légʰyeti | *légʰyet | *légʰyetu | *légʰyēti | *légʰyoyt |
| 1st dual | *légʰyowos | *légʰyowe | — | *légʰyōwos | *légʰyoywe |
| 2nd dual | *légʰyetes | *légʰyetom | *légʰyetom | *légʰyētes | *légʰyoytom |
| 3rd dual | *légʰyetes | *légʰyetām | *légʰyetām | *légʰyētes | *légʰyoytām |
| 1st plural | *légʰyomos | *légʰyome | — | *légʰyōmos | *légʰyoyme |
| 2nd plural | *légʰyete | *légʰyete | *légʰyete | *légʰyēte | *légʰyoyte |
| 3rd plural | *légʰyonti | *légʰyont | *légʰyontu | *légʰyōnti | *légʰyoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *légʰyonts | ||||
Descendants
- Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *ležati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *ligjaną (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: (Homeric) λέκτο (lékto)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN