Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁regʷesyéti
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *h₁régʷos (“darkness”) + *-yéti (denominative verbal suffix).
Verb
*h₁regʷesyéti (imperfective)[1]
- to be getting dark
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *h₁regʷesyéti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *h₁regʷesyónti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *h₁regʷesyóh₂ | *h₁regʷesyóm | — | *h₁regʷesyṓh₂ | *h₁regʷesyóyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *h₁regʷesyési | *h₁regʷesyés | *h₁regʷesyé | *h₁regʷesyḗsi | *h₁regʷesyóys |
| 3rd singular | *h₁regʷesyéti | *h₁regʷesyét | *h₁regʷesyétu | *h₁regʷesyḗti | *h₁regʷesyóyt |
| 1st dual | *h₁regʷesyówos | *h₁regʷesyówe | — | *h₁regʷesyṓwos | *h₁regʷesyóywe |
| 2nd dual | *h₁regʷesyétes | *h₁regʷesyétom | *h₁regʷesyétom | *h₁regʷesyḗtes | *h₁regʷesyóytom |
| 3rd dual | *h₁regʷesyétes | *h₁regʷesyétām | *h₁regʷesyétām | *h₁regʷesyḗtes | *h₁regʷesyóytām |
| 1st plural | *h₁regʷesyómos | *h₁regʷesyóme | — | *h₁regʷesyṓmos | *h₁regʷesyóyme |
| 2nd plural | *h₁regʷesyéte | *h₁regʷesyéte | *h₁regʷesyéte | *h₁regʷesyḗte | *h₁regʷesyóyte |
| 3rd plural | *h₁regʷesyónti | *h₁regʷesyónt | *h₁regʷesyóntu | *h₁regʷesyṓnti | *h₁regʷesyóyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *h₁regʷesyónts | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *rikwizjaną (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hraǰasyáti
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hraȷ́asyáti
- Sanskrit: रजस्यति (rajasyáti)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hraȷ́asyáti
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165: “*h₁regʷes-yéti 'it's getting dark'”