Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/winédti

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

    From *weyd- (to see) +‎ *-né-.

    Verb

    *winédti (imperfective)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

    1. to find
    2. to look for

    Conjugation

    Imperfective, athematic
    3rd singular *winédti
    3rd plural *windénti
    Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *winédmi *winédm̥ *winédoh₂ *windyéh₁m̥
    2nd singular *winédsi *winéds *winéd, *winddʰí *winédesi *windyéh₁s
    3rd singular *winédti *winédt *winédtu *winédeti *windyéh₁t
    1st dual *windwós *windwé *winédowos *windih₁wé
    2nd dual *windtés *windtóm *windtóm *winédetes *windih₁tóm
    3rd dual *windtés *windtā́m *windtā́m *winédetes *windih₁tā́m
    1st plural *windmós *windmé *winédomos *windih₁mé
    2nd plural *windté *windté *windté *winédete *windih₁té
    3rd plural *windénti *windént *windéntu *winédonti *windih₁ént
    Participle *windónts
    Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *windh₂ér *windh₂é *winédoh₂er *windih₁h₂é
    2nd singular *windth₂ér *windth₂é *windsó *winédeth₂er *windih₁th₂é
    3rd singular *windtór, *windór *windtó, *windó *? *winédetor *windih₁tó, *windih₁ó
    1st dual *windwósdʰh₂ *windwédʰh₂ *winédowosdʰh₂ *windih₁wédʰh₂
    2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    1st plural *windmósdʰh₂ *windmédʰh₂ *winédomosdʰh₂ *windih₁médʰh₂
    2nd plural *winddʰh₂wé *winddʰh₂wé *winddʰh₂wé *winédedʰh₂we *windih₁dʰh₂wé
    3rd plural *windn̥tór, *windrór *windn̥tó, *windró *? *winédontor *windih₁ró
    Participle *windm̥h₁nós

    Descendants

    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: գտանեմ (gtanem, to find, discover, gain, invent)
    • Proto-Celtic: *windeti (to find out, know)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *winátˢti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: विन्दति (vindáti, to find, procure, discover, obtain) (thematicised from weak stem)
      • Proto-Iranian:
        • Avestan: (to find)
          Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬍 (vīnastī, 3s. ind.)
          Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (vinasti, 3s. ind.)
        • Middle Persian: 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅𐫏𐫗𐫅 (wyndynd /⁠windēnd⁠/, to find, obtain, 3pl.pres.ind.)
        • Parthian: 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅𐫏𐫅 (wyndyd /⁠windēd⁠/, to find, 3sg.pres.ind.)
        • Northern Kurdish: -bîn-/-wîn-

    References

    1. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1975), “On the Nasal Presents of Armenian”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[1], volume 89, number 1, →ISSN, page 106:*ṷi-n-d
    2. ^ Rikov, Georgi (1992), “Sonants, Laryngeals and the Indo-European Nasal Infix Presents”, in ORPHEUS. Journal of Indo-European and Thracian Studies[2], number 2, →ISSN, page 94:*winde/o-
    3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay H. (9 August 2022), “Double nasal presents”, in Indo-European Linguistics[3], volume 10, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89:*u̯i-n-d-ne/o-
    4. ^ Jasanoff, Jay H. (2012), “PIE *u̯eid- ‘Notice’ and the Origin of the Thematic Aorist”, in Løye Hejl, Christina, Janus Bahs Jacquet, Marie Heide, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon: 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft (Roots of Europe, Language, Culture, and Migrations)‎[4], Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, page *ui-n(é)-d-
    5. ^ Kocharov, Petr (2019), Old Armenian nasal verbs : archaisms and innovations[5], Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, page 16:PIE *ui-né-d- ‘look for’
    6. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 665-667:*ṷi-né/n-d-
    7. ^ Stifter, David (2023), “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[6], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 10:*ui-n(e)-d-
    8. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯aid²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-410:PIE (pres. stem) *ṷind- 'to find'
    9. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VED”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[7] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 579:*ṷi-ne-d-/*ṷi-n-d- 'finden'