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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dekēō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-eh₁-yé-ti, from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”).
Verb
*dekēō[1]
- fit, be right
Inflection
| Inflection of *dekēō (second conjugation stative) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *dekēō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *dekēō | — |
| 2nd sing. | *dekēs | — |
| 3rd sing. | *dekēt | — |
| 1st plur. | *dekēmos | — |
| 2nd plur. | *dekētes | — |
| 3rd plur. | *dekēnt | — |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *dekēām | — |
| 2nd sing. | *dekēās | — |
| 3rd sing. | *dekēād | — |
| 1st plur. | *dekēāmos | — |
| 2nd plur. | *dekēātes | — |
| 3rd plur. | *dekēānd | — |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *dekē | — |
| 2nd plur. | — | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | — | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *dekēnts | — | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| — | *dekēzi | |
Related terms
- *dikskō
- *dokeō
Descendants
- Latin: decet
- Umbrian: 𐌕𐌉𐌜𐌉𐌕 (tiçit, 3rd singular present indicative)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 164