Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/wéřřō
Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wéryeti (“to be speaking (solemnly)”).[1]
Verb
*wéřřō
Inflection
Present forms of *wéřřō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | *wéřřehen | ||||||||||
| participle | *wéřřonts | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *wéřřō | *wéřřehi | *wéřřei | *wéřřowos, *wéřřowes, *wéřřowen | *wéřřetes, *wéřřetos, *wéřřeton | *wéřřetes, *wéřřetos, *wéřřeton | *wéřřomes, *wéřřomen | *wéřřete | *wéřřonti | ||
| subjunctive | *wéřřō | *wéřřēhi | *wéřřēi | *wéřřōwos, *wéřřōwes, *wéřřōwen | *wéřřētes, *wéřřētos, *wéřřēton | *wéřřētes, *wéřřētos, *wéřřēton | *wéřřōmes, *wéřřōmen | *wéřřēte | *wéřřōnti | ||
| optative | *wéřřoyə | *wéřřois | *wéřřoi | *wéřřoiwen | *wéřřoiton | *weřřóitān | *wéřřoimen | *wéřřoite | *wéřřoyen | ||
| imperative | - | *wéřře | *weřřétō | - | *wéřřeton | *weřřétōn | - | *wéřřete | *weřřóntōn | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | *wéřřestʰai | ||||||||||
| participle | *weřřómenos | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *wéřřomai | *wéřřehai | *wéřřetai | *wéřřestʰa | *wéřřestʰon | *wéřřestʰon | *weřřómestʰa | *wéřřestʰe | *wéřřontai | ||
| subjunctive | *wéřřōmai | *wéřřēhai | *wéřřētai | *wéřřēstʰa | *wéřřēstʰon | *wéřřēstʰon | *weřřṓmestʰa | *wéřřēstʰe | *wéřřōntai | ||
| optative | *weřřóimān | *wéřřoyyo | *wéřřoito | *weřřóiwetʰa | *wéřřoistʰon | *weřřóistʰān | *weřřóimetʰa | *wéřřoistʰe | *wéřřointo | ||
| imperative | - | *wéřřeho | *weřřéstʰō | - | *wéřřestʰon | *weřřéstʰōn | - | *wéřřestʰe | *weřřéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *wéřřō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *éweřřon | *éweřřes | *éweřře | *ewéřřowe | *ewéřřeton | *eweřřétān | *ewéřřomes, *ewéřřomen | *ewéřřete | *éweřřon | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *eweřřómān | *ewéřřeho | *ewéřřeto | *ewéřřetʰa | *ewéřřestʰon | *eweřřéstʰān | *eweřřómetʰa | *ewéřřestʰe | *ewéřřonto | ||
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: εἴρω (eírō)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἴρω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393