Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sérpeti
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic root present of *serp- (“to creep, crawl”).
Verb
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *sérpeti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *sérponti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *sérpoh₂ | *sérpom | — | *sérpōh₂ | *sérpoyh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *sérpesi | *sérpes | *sérpe | *sérpēsi | *sérpoys |
| 3rd singular | *sérpeti | *sérpet | *sérpetu | *sérpēti | *sérpoyt |
| 1st dual | *sérpowos | *sérpowe | — | *sérpōwos | *sérpoywe |
| 2nd dual | *sérpetes | *sérpetom | *sérpetom | *sérpētes | *sérpoytom |
| 3rd dual | *sérpetes | *sérpetām | *sérpetām | *sérpētes | *sérpoytām |
| 1st plural | *sérpomos | *sérpome | — | *sérpōmos | *sérpoyme |
| 2nd plural | *sérpete | *sérpete | *sérpete | *sérpēte | *sérpoyte |
| 3rd plural | *sérponti | *sérpont | *sérpontu | *sérpōnti | *sérpoyh₁n̥t |
| Participle | *sérponts | ||||
| Middle voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *sérpoh₂er | *sérpoh₂e | — | *sérpōh₂er | *sérpoyh₂e |
| 2nd singular | *sérpeth₂er | *sérpeth₂e | *sérpeso | *sérpēth₂er | *sérpoyth₂e |
| 3rd singular | *sérpetor | *sérpeto | *? | *sérpētor | *sérpoyto, *sérpoyh₁o |
| 1st dual | *sérpowosdʰh₂ | *sérpowedʰh₂ | — | *sérpōwosdʰh₂ | *sérpoywedʰh₂ |
| 2nd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 3rd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 1st plural | *sérpomosdʰh₂ | *sérpomedʰh₂ | — | *sérpōmosdʰh₂ | *sérpoymedʰh₂ |
| 2nd plural | *sérpedʰh₂we | *sérpedʰh₂we | *sérpedʰh₂we | *sérpēdʰh₂we | *sérpoydʰh₂we |
| 3rd plural | *sérpontor | *sérponto | *? | *sérpōntor | *sérpoyro |
| Participle | *sérpomnos | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *hérpō[1]
- Ancient Greek: ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sárpati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sárpati
- Sanskrit: सर्पति (sárpati, “to creep, crawl”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sárpati
- Proto-Italic: *serpō[2]
- Latin: serpō
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕρπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558