Where does “-ēō” come from?

-ēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-ēō (Proto-Italic): Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...

Definitions

  1. Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...

Ancestry of “-ēō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-ējō—
2Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-ēō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic -ējō →