Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/skreiβō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti, from *(s)kreybʰ- (to scratch, tear).[1]

    Verb

    *skreiβō first-singular present indicative[1]

    1. to carve

    Inflection

    Inflection of *skreiβō (third conjugation)
    Present *skreiβō
    Perfect
    Aorist *skreipsom
    Past participle *skriptos
    Present indicative Active Passive
    1st sing. *skreiβō *skreiβōr
    2nd sing. *skreiβes *skreiβezo
    3rd sing. *skreiβet *skreiβetor
    1st plur. *skreiβomos *skreiβomor
    2nd plur. *skreiβetes *skreiβem(e?)n(ai?)
    3rd plur. *skreiβont *skreiβontor
    Present subjunctive Active Passive
    1st sing. *skreiβām *skreiβār
    2nd sing. *skreiβās *skreiβāzo
    3rd sing. *skreiβād *skreiβātor
    1st plur. *skreiβāmos *skreiβāmor
    2nd plur. *skreiβātes *skreiβām(e?)n(ai?)
    3rd plur. *skreiβānd *skreiβāntor
    Perfect indicative Active
    1st sing.
    2nd sing.
    3rd sing.
    1st plur.
    2nd plur.
    3rd plur.
    Aorist indicative Active
    1st sing. *skreipsom
    2nd sing. *skreipses
    3rd sing. *skreipsed
    1st plur. *skreipsome
    2nd plur. *skreipsete
    3rd plur. *skreipsond
    Present imperative Active Passive
    2nd sing. *skreiβe *skreiβezo
    2nd plur. *skreiβete
    Future imperative Active
    2nd + 3rd sing. *skreiβetōd
    Participles Present Past
    *skreiβents *skriptos
    Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
    *skriptum *skreiβezi
    • *skribʰis?
      • >? Umbrian: 𐌔𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌔 (skerfs)

    Descendants

    • Latin: scrībō (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: scriftas (past part. nom. pl. f.)
    • Umbrian: screhto (past part. nom. sg. n.)[2]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “scrībō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 546-7
    2. ^ Buck, Carl (1904), A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 19