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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/flūō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-.[1] Alternatively reconstructed as *flowō, from *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti, from the same root.[2] Not related to English flow, which is inherited from *plew-.
Verb
*flūō[2]
- flow
Inflection
| Inflection of *flūō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *flūō | |
| Perfect | *flūzai | |
| Past participle | *flūssos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *flūō | *flūōr |
| 2nd sing. | *flūes | *flūezo |
| 3rd sing. | *flūet | *flūetor |
| 1st plur. | *flūomos | *flūomor |
| 2nd plur. | *flūetes | *flūem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *flūont | *flūontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *flūām | *flūār |
| 2nd sing. | *flūās | *flūāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *flūād | *flūātor |
| 1st plur. | *flūāmos | *flūāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *flūātes | *flūām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *flūānd | *flūāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *flūzai | |
| 2nd sing. | *flūzistai | |
| 3rd sing. | *flūze(d) | |
| 1st plur. | *flūzomos | |
| 2nd plur. | *flūzistes | |
| 3rd plur. | *flūzēri | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *flūe | *flūezo |
| 2nd plur. | *flūete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *flūetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *flūents | *flūssos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *flūssum | *flūezi | |
Descendants
- Latin: fluō
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fluō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 228