Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁íh₁eyǵʰti

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    Athematic i-reduplicated present of *h₁eyǵʰ- (to desire).

    Verb

    *h₁íh₁eyǵʰti (imperfective)[1][2]

    1. to crave, desire, yearn

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *HíHeyǵʰti[3]
    • *HíHiǵʰeti[4]
    • *h₂ih₂ǵʰ-[5]

    Conjugation

    Imperfective, athematic
    3rd singular *h₁íh₁eyǵʰti
    3rd plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥ti
    Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *h₁íh₁eyǵʰmi *h₁íh₁eyǵʰm̥ *h₁íh₁eyǵʰoh₂ *h₁íh₁iǵʰyeh₁m̥
    2nd singular *h₁íh₁eyǵʰsi *h₁íh₁eyǵʰs *h₁íh₁eyǵʰ, *h₁íh₁iǵʰdʰi *h₁íh₁eyǵʰesi *h₁íh₁iǵʰyeh₁s
    3rd singular *h₁íh₁eyǵʰti *h₁íh₁eyǵʰt *h₁íh₁eyǵʰtu *h₁íh₁eyǵʰeti *h₁íh₁iǵʰyeh₁t
    1st dual *h₁íh₁iǵʰwos *h₁íh₁iǵʰwe *h₁íh₁eyǵʰowos *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁we
    2nd dual *h₁íh₁iǵʰtes *h₁íh₁iǵʰtom *h₁íh₁iǵʰtom *h₁íh₁eyǵʰetes *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁tom
    3rd dual *h₁íh₁iǵʰtes *h₁íh₁iǵʰtām *h₁íh₁iǵʰtām *h₁íh₁eyǵʰetes *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁tām
    1st plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰmos *h₁íh₁iǵʰme *h₁íh₁eyǵʰomos *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁me
    2nd plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰte *h₁íh₁iǵʰte *h₁íh₁iǵʰte *h₁íh₁eyǵʰete *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁te
    3rd plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥ti *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥t *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥tu *h₁íh₁eyǵʰonti *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁n̥t
    Participle *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥ts
    Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *h₁íh₁iǵʰh₂er *h₁íh₁iǵʰh₂e *h₁íh₁eyǵʰoh₂er *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁h₂e
    2nd singular *h₁íh₁iǵʰth₂er *h₁íh₁iǵʰth₂e *h₁íh₁iǵʰso *h₁íh₁eyǵʰeth₂er *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁th₂e
    3rd singular *h₁íh₁iǵʰtor, *h₁íh₁iǵʰor *h₁íh₁iǵʰto, *h₁íh₁iǵʰo *? *h₁íh₁eyǵʰetor *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁to, *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁o
    1st dual *h₁íh₁iǵʰwosdʰh₂ *h₁íh₁iǵʰwedʰh₂ *h₁íh₁eyǵʰowosdʰh₂ *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁wedʰh₂
    2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    1st plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰmosdʰh₂ *h₁íh₁iǵʰmedʰh₂ *h₁íh₁eyǵʰomosdʰh₂ *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁medʰh₂
    2nd plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰdʰh₂we *h₁íh₁iǵʰdʰh₂we *h₁íh₁iǵʰdʰh₂we *h₁íh₁eyǵʰedʰh₂we *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁dʰh₂we
    3rd plural *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥tor, *h₁íh₁iǵʰror *h₁íh₁iǵʰn̥to, *h₁íh₁iǵʰro *? *h₁íh₁eyǵʰontor *h₁íh₁iǵʰih₁ro
    Participle *h₁íh₁iǵʰm̥h₁nos

    Descendants

    • Proto-Celtic: *yeigeti (to scream, cry) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ī́kʰō
      • Ancient Greek: *ῑ̓χω (*īkhō)
        • Ancient Greek: ἰχανάω (ikhanáō, to crave, yearn) (with analogical suffixation)[5]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HíHiȷ́ʰati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HíHiźʰati
      • Proto-Iranian: *HíHijyati
        • Avestan: 𐬌𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬁 (iziiā, 1sg.pres.), 𐬌𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (iziieiti, 3sg.pres.), 𐬌𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬙𐬌 (iziiati, 3sg.pres.)

    References

    1. ^ Darling, Mark (2020), The Subjunctive in Celtic: Studies in Historical Phonology and Morphology[1], University of Cambridge, →DOI, page 118:It seems likely that PIE *h₁i-h₁éi̯g̑h- would have developed regularly into Proto-Celtic *i-ēg-, at which point the vocalic *ĭ of the reduplication syllable would have developed into the glide *i̯ in order to simplify the root onset
    2. ^ Mees, Bernard (14 December 2011), “Words from the well at Gallo-Roman Châteaubleau”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 58, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 87–108:the attestations as íeg- make it clear that these are reduplicated forms < *hi-hei̯g̑ʰ- ‘desire’; cf. OIr. éigid ‘scream’
    3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*Hei̯ĝʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 222:*Hi-Héyĝʰ/Hiĝʰ-
    4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*hxihxiĝh-(e/o)-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 158
    5. 5.0 5.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἰχανάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 606