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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gignō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵnh₁-, the reduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiɡ.noː/
Verb
*gignō[1]
- I give birth
- I create, beget, produce
Inflection
| Inflection of *gignō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *gignō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Past participle | *gnātos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *gignō | *gignōr |
| 2nd sing. | *gignes | *gignezo |
| 3rd sing. | *gignet | *gignetor |
| 1st plur. | *gignomos | *gignomor |
| 2nd plur. | *gignetes | *gignem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *gignont | *gignontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *gignām | *gignār |
| 2nd sing. | *gignās | *gignāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *gignād | *gignātor |
| 1st plur. | *gignāmos | *gignāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *gignātes | *gignām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *gignānd | *gignāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *gigne | *gignezo |
| 2nd plur. | *gignete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *gignetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *gignents | *gnātos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *gnātum | *gignezi | |
Related terms
- *genos
- *gentis
- *gnāskōr
Descendants
- Latin: gignō
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN