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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wertō

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *wértetor, from *wert- (“to turn, rotate”).[1]

    Verb

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    *wertō first-singular present indicative

    1. to turn

    Inflection

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    Inflection of *wertō (third conjugation)
    Present *wertō
    Perfect *(we)wortai
    Aorist —
    Past participle *worssos
    Present indicative Active Passive
    1st sing. *wertō *wertōr
    2nd sing. *wertes *werteso
    3rd sing. *wertet *wertetor
    1st plur. *wertomos *wertomor
    2nd plur. *wertetes *wertemanoi?
    3rd plur. *wertont *wertontor
    Present subjunctive Active Passive
    1st sing. — —
    2nd sing. *wertēs *wertēso?
    3rd sing. *wertēd *wertētor
    1st plur. *wertēmos? *wertēmor
    2nd plur. *wertētes *wertēmanoi?
    3rd plur. *wertēnt? *wertēntor
    Present optative Active Passive
    1st sing. *wertām *wertār
    2nd sing. *wertās *wertāso
    3rd sing. *wertād *wertātor
    1st plur. *wertāmos *wertāmor
    2nd plur. *wertātes *wertāmanoi?
    3rd plur. *wertānd *wertāntor
    Perfect indicative Active
    1st sing. *(we)wortai
    2nd sing. *(we)wortistai?
    3rd sing. *(we)wortei
    1st plur. *(we)wortme?
    2nd plur. *(we)worte
    3rd plur. *(we)wortēri
    Aorist indicative Active
    1st sing. —
    2nd sing. —
    3rd sing. —
    1st plur. —
    2nd plur. —
    3rd plur. —
    Present imperative Active Passive
    2nd sing. *werte *werteso
    2nd plur. *wertete —
    Future imperative Active
    2nd + 3rd sing. *wertetōd
    Participles Present Past
    *wertents *worssos
    Verbal nouns Supine
    Accusative Ablative/Dative
    *worssum *worssūd? /

    *worssou?

    s-derivative
    *wertesi
    The optative is only classified as such because it might reflect the PIE optative. However, the etymology of these formations is disputed, and it would evolve into the subjunctive in both Latin and Sabellic. The regular PIE subjunctive is the source of the Latin future.

    Reconstruction notes

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    The Latin perfect form vortī may constitute a dereduplicated form of earlier Proto-Italic *(we)wortai, itself probably from Proto-Indo-European *wewr̥tḗr.[2]

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ve/ortō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 666-7
    2. ^ Leppänen, Ville (2019), Ablaut and the Latin Verb: Aspects of Morphophonological Change (PhD Dissertation)‎[1], Munich: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, →DOI, page 45