Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/minuō
Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *minéwti, from *mey- (“small”) + *-néwti.
Verb
*minuō[1]
Conjugation
| Inflection of *minuō (third conjugation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *minuō | |
| Perfect | — | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *minoutos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *minuō | *minuōr |
| 2nd sing. | *minues | *minuezo |
| 3rd sing. | *minuet | *minuetor |
| 1st plur. | *minuomos | *minuomor |
| 2nd plur. | *minuetes | *minuem(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *minuont | *minuontor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *minuām | *minuār |
| 2nd sing. | *minuās | *minuāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *minuād | *minuātor |
| 1st plur. | *minuāmos | *minuāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *minuātes | *minuām(e?)n(ai?) |
| 3rd plur. | *minuānd | *minuāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *minue | *minuezo |
| 2nd plur. | *minuete | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *minuetōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *minuents | *minoutos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *minoutum | *minuezi | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Latin: minuō
- Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌅𐌖𐌌 (menvum, infinitive)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “minor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381