Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/merēō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *merējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti, from *(s)mer- (to assign, allot).[1]

Verb[edit]

*merēō first-singular present indicative

  1. to deserve

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of *merēō (second conjugation stative)
Present *merēō
Perfect
Past participle
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *merēō
2nd sing. *merēs
3rd sing. *merēt
1st plur. *merēmos
2nd plur. *merētes
3rd plur. *merēnt
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *merēām
2nd sing. *merēās
3rd sing. *merēād
1st plur. *merēāmos
2nd plur. *merēātes
3rd plur. *merēānd
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *merē
2nd plur.
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing.
Participles Present Past
*merēnts
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*merēzi

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: mereō
  • Faliscan: mereto (participle perfect)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mereō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 374-5