Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/serwāō
Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *serweh₂yeti, from *ser- (“to guard”).[1] By surface analysis, *serwos + *-āō.
Verb
*serwāō first-singular present indicative
- to serve
Conjugation
| Inflection of *serwāō (first conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *serwāō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *serwātos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *serwāō | *serwāōr |
| 2nd sing. | *serwās | *serwāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *serwāt | *serwātor |
| 1st plur. | *serwāmos | *serwāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *serwātes | *serwām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *serwānt | *serwāntor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *serwāēm? | *serwāēr? |
| 2nd sing. | *serwāēs? | *serwāēzo? |
| 3rd sing. | *serwāēd? | *serwāētor? |
| 1st plur. | *serwāēmos? | *serwāēmor? |
| 2nd plur. | *serwāētes? | *serwāēm(e?)n(ai?)? |
| 3rd plur. | *serwāēnd? | *serwāēntor? |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *serwā | *serwāzo |
| 2nd plur. | *serwāte | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *serwātōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *serwānts | *serwātos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *serwātum | *serwāzi | |
Descendants
- Latin: servo (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “servus (> Derivatives > (3) servāre)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559