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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/widēō

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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 *widéh₁yeti, from the root *weyd- (“to see”).

    Verb

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    *widēō first-singular present indicative[1]

    1. to see

    Reconstruction notes

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    The perfect *woidai is speculative and assumes Latin vīdī derives from the PIE perfect *wóyde.

    Inflection

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    Inflection of *widēō (second conjugation stative)
    Present *widēō
    Perfect *woidai
    Aorist —
    Past participle —
    Present indicative Active Passive
    1st sing. *widēō *widēōr
    2nd sing. *widēs *widēso
    3rd sing. *widēt *widētor
    1st plur. *widēmos *widēmor
    2nd plur. *widētes *widēmanoi?
    3rd plur. *widēnt *widēntor
    Present subjunctive Active Passive
    1st sing. — —
    2nd sing. — —
    3rd sing. — —
    1st plur. — —
    2nd plur. — —
    3rd plur. — —
    Present optative Active Passive
    1st sing. *widēām *widēār
    2nd sing. *widēās *widēāso
    3rd sing. *widēād *widēātor
    1st plur. *widēāmos *widēāmor
    2nd plur. *widēātes *widēāmanoi?
    3rd plur. *widēānd *widēāntor
    Perfect indicative Active
    1st sing. *woidai
    2nd sing. *woidistai
    3rd sing. *woide(d)
    1st plur. *woidomos
    2nd plur. *woidistes
    3rd plur. *woidēri
    Aorist indicative Active
    1st sing. —
    2nd sing. —
    3rd sing. —
    1st plur. —
    2nd plur. —
    3rd plur. —
    Present imperative Active Passive
    2nd sing. *widē *widēso
    2nd plur. *widēte —
    Future imperative Active
    2nd + 3rd sing. *widētōd
    Participles Present Past
    *widēnts —
    Verbal nouns Supine
    Accusative Ablative/Dative
    — —
    s-derivative
    *widēsi
    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.
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    Descendants

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    • Latin: videō (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: uirseto
    • South Picene: 𐌅𐌉𐌃𐌄𐌕𐌀𐌔 (videtas) (2nd plu. ind. act. pre)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “videō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 676-7