Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yéseti
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic root present of *yes- (“to boil”).
Verb
*yéseti (imperfective)[1][2][3]
- to be boiling
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *yéseti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *yésonti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *yésoh₂ | *yésom | — | *yésōh₂ | *yésoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *yésesi | *yéses | *yése | *yésēsi | *yésoys |
| 3rd singular | *yéseti | *yéset | *yésetu | *yésēti | *yésoyt |
| 1st dual | *yésowos | *yésowe | — | *yésōwos | *yésoywe |
| 2nd dual | *yésetes | *yésetom | *yésetom | *yésētes | *yésoytom |
| 3rd dual | *yésetes | *yésetām | *yésetām | *yésētes | *yésoytām |
| 1st plural | *yésomos | *yésome | — | *yésōmos | *yésoyme |
| 2nd plural | *yésete | *yésete | *yésete | *yésēte | *yésoyte |
| 3rd plural | *yésonti | *yésont | *yésontu | *yésōnti | *yésoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *yésonts | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *jesaną (“to ferment”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *dzehō
- Ancient Greek: ζέω (zéō)
- Proto-Tocharian: *yäs-
- Tocharian A: yäs (“boil”)
- Tocharian B: yäs (“excite, ravish”)
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312-3
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 499-500
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jesan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273