Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stísteh₂ti

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 root of *steh₂- (to stand up).

    Verb

    *stísteh₂ti (imperfective)[1][2]

    1. to be standing up, to be getting up

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *sti-stéh₂-ti[3]
    • *sti-sth₂-e-ti[4]
    • *(s)ti-sth₂-e-ti[5]

    Conjugation

    Imperfective, athematic, active only
    3rd singular *stísteh₂ti
    3rd plural *stísth₂n̥ti
    Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *stísteh₂mi *stístām *stísteh₂oh₂ *stísth₂yeh₁m̥
    2nd singular *stísteh₂si *stísteh₂s *stísteh₂, *stísth₂dʰi *stísteh₂esi *stísth₂yeh₁s
    3rd singular *stísteh₂ti *stísteh₂t *stísteh₂tu *stísteh₂eti *stísth₂yeh₁t
    1st dual *stísth₂wos *stísth₂we *stísteh₂owos *stísth₂ih₁we
    2nd dual *stísth₂tes *stísth₂tom *stísth₂tom *stísteh₂etes *stísth₂ih₁tom
    3rd dual *stísth₂tes *stísth₂tām *stísth₂tām *stísteh₂etes *stísth₂ih₁tām
    1st plural *stísth₂mos *stísth₂me *stísteh₂omos *stísth₂ih₁me
    2nd plural *stísth₂te *stísth₂te *stísth₂te *stísteh₂ete *stísth₂ih₁te
    3rd plural *stísth₂n̥ti *stísth₂n̥t *stísth₂n̥tu *stísteh₂onti *stísth₂ih₁n̥t
    Participle *stísth₂n̥ts

    Reconstruction notes

    According to the linguist Andreas Willi, the thematicity of Latin sistō and Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) indicates that the verb was already thematicized in Proto-Indo-European.[5] Beekes likewise notes that the athematic formation is limited to Greek,[6] though the linguist Michael Weiss considers the Ancient Greek form to represent secondary dethematicization.[7] Moreover, De Vaan suggests that it is unclear whether the Latin term was originally thematic or athematic.[4]

    Descendants

    • Proto-Celtic: *sistati (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *hístāmi (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stíštaHti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(s)tíṣṭaHti
      • Proto-Iranian: *híštaHti
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hištaiti, med.3.sg), 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (hištəṇti, med.3.pl)[8]
        • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎫𐎠 (a-i-š-t-t-a /⁠aištatā⁠/, 3sg.impf.med.)
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (YKOYMWNtn' /⁠ē̆stādan⁠/) (+ *abi-[8])
    • Proto-Italic: *sistō (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 34
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 590
    3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*steh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 590:*sti-stéh₂/sth₂-
    4. 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sistō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567:*sti-sth₂-(e/o)-
    5. 5.0 5.1 Willi, Andreas (2018), Origins of the Greek Verb, Cambridge University Press, page 166:*(s)ti-sth₂-e/o-
    6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἵστημι”, 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 601
    7. ^ Weiss, Michael (12 March 2010), “Morphology and Word Formation”, in Bakker, Egbert J., editor, A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language[2], Blackwell Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 115
    8. 8.0 8.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*staH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358