Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂lékseti
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *h₂lek- (“to protect”) + *-seti.
Verb
*h₂lékseti (imperfective)[1]
- to be protecting
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *h₂lékseti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *h₂léksonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *h₂léksoh₂ | *h₂léksom | — | *h₂léksōh₂ | *h₂léksoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *h₂léksesi | *h₂lékses | *h₂lékse | *h₂léksēsi | *h₂léksoys |
| 3rd singular | *h₂lékseti | *h₂lékset | *h₂léksetu | *h₂léksēti | *h₂léksoyt |
| 1st dual | *h₂léksowos | *h₂léksowe | — | *h₂léksōwos | *h₂léksoywe |
| 2nd dual | *h₂léksetes | *h₂léksetom | *h₂léksetom | *h₂léksētes | *h₂léksoytom |
| 3rd dual | *h₂léksetes | *h₂léksetām | *h₂léksetām | *h₂léksētes | *h₂léksoytām |
| 1st plural | *h₂léksomos | *h₂léksome | — | *h₂léksōmos | *h₂léksoyme |
| 2nd plural | *h₂léksete | *h₂léksete | *h₂léksete | *h₂léksēte | *h₂léksoyte |
| 3rd plural | *h₂léksonti | *h₂léksont | *h₂léksontu | *h₂léksōnti | *h₂léksoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *h₂léksonts | ||||
| Middle voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *h₂léksoh₂er | *h₂léksoh₂e | — | *h₂léksōh₂er | *h₂léksoyh₂e |
| 2nd singular | *h₂lékseth₂er | *h₂lékseth₂e | *h₂lékseso | *h₂léksēth₂er | *h₂léksoyth₂e |
| 3rd singular | *h₂léksetor | *h₂lékseto | *? | *h₂léksētor | *h₂léksoyto, *h₂léksoyh₁o |
| 1st dual | *h₂léksowosdʰh₂ | *h₂léksowedʰh₂ | — | *h₂léksōwosdʰh₂ | *h₂léksoywedʰh₂ |
| 2nd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 3rd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 1st plural | *h₂léksomosdʰh₂ | *h₂léksomedʰh₂ | — | *h₂léksōmosdʰh₂ | *h₂léksoymedʰh₂ |
| 2nd plural | *h₂léksedʰh₂we | *h₂léksedʰh₂we | *h₂léksedʰh₂we | *h₂léksēdʰh₂we | *h₂léksoydʰh₂we |
| 3rd plural | *h₂léksontor | *h₂léksonto | *? | *h₂léksōntor | *h₂léksoyro |
| Participle | *h₂léksomnos | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *aléksō
- Ancient Greek: ἀλέξω (aléxō), ἀλέκω (alékō)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrákšati (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN