Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sékʷetor

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

    Thematic mediopassive root present of *sekʷ- (follow).

    Verb

    *sékʷetor (imperfective)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

    1. to be following

    Inflection

    Imperfective, thematic, middle only
    3rd singular *sékʷetor
    3rd plural *sékʷontor
    Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *sékʷoh₂er *sékʷoh₂e *sékʷōh₂er *sékʷoyh₂e
    2nd singular *sékʷeth₂er *sékʷeth₂e *sékʷeso *sékʷēth₂er *sékʷoyth₂e
    3rd singular *sékʷetor *sékʷeto *? *sékʷētor *sékʷoyto, *sékʷoyh₁o
    1st dual *sékʷowosdʰh₂ *sékʷowedʰh₂ *sékʷōwosdʰh₂ *sékʷoywedʰh₂
    2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    1st plural *sékʷomosdʰh₂ *sékʷomedʰh₂ *sékʷōmosdʰh₂ *sékʷoymedʰh₂
    2nd plural *sékʷedʰh₂we *sékʷedʰh₂we *sékʷedʰh₂we *sékʷēdʰh₂we *sékʷoydʰh₂we
    3rd plural *sékʷontor *sékʷonto *? *sékʷōntor *sékʷoyro
    Participle *sékʷomnos

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sektei
    • Proto-Celtic: *sekʷetor (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *hékʷomai
      • Ancient Greek: ἕπομαι (hépomai)
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀤𐀯𐀍 (e-qe-si-jo /⁠hekʷesios⁠/)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hekʷétās
        • Ancient Greek: ἑπέτης (hepétēs)
          Doric Greek: ἑπέτᾱς (hepétās)
        • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀤𐀲 (e-qe-ta /⁠hekʷétās⁠/)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sáčatay (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *sekʷōr
      • Latin: sequor (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “sek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 896-897
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sek-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 525-526
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “sekti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392
    4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
    5. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕπομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447
    6. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*hač”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 124-125
    7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sequor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 555-556