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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sísdeti
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic i-reduplicated verb of the root *sed-.
Verb
*sísdeti (imperfective)[1]
- to be sitting down
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *sísdeti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *sísdonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *sísdoh₂ | *sísdom | — | *sísdōh₂ | *sísdoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *sísdesi | *sísdes | *sísde | *sísdēsi | *sísdoys |
| 3rd singular | *sísdeti | *sísdet | *sísdetu | *sísdēti | *sísdoyt |
| 1st dual | *sísdowos | *sísdowe | — | *sísdōwos | *sísdoywe |
| 2nd dual | *sísdetes | *sísdetom | *sísdetom | *sísdētes | *sísdoytom |
| 3rd dual | *sísdetes | *sísdetām | *sísdetām | *sísdētes | *sísdoytām |
| 1st plural | *sísdomos | *sísdome | — | *sísdōmos | *sísdoyme |
| 2nd plural | *sísdete | *sísdete | *sísdete | *sísdēte | *sísdoyte |
| 3rd plural | *sísdonti | *sísdont | *sísdontu | *sísdōnti | *sísdoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *sísdonts | ||||
Derived terms
- *si-sd-o-
- ⇒ Old Armenian: զիստ (zist)
- Armenian: զիստ (zist)
- ⇒ Old Armenian: զիստ (zist)
Descendants
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: նստիմ (nstim) (< *ni-sísdeti)
- Armenian: նստել (nstel)
- Old Armenian: նստիմ (nstim) (< *ni-sísdeti)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sēˀstei
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: sindants (reformed as a nasal-infix present, or pershaps cf. Polish siąść)
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: sēsties
- Lithuanian: sė́sti
- Proto-Slavic: *sěsti (see there for further descendants)
- West Baltic:
- Proto-Hellenic: *hízdō
- Ancient Greek: ἵζω (hízō)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síždati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *sizdō (see there for further descendants)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN