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vedeti
pr 3rd sg of vedeti (verb)
- feels; experiences; senses
- knows; understands; learns about
Built from
- ved — root · know, see, feel
The bare root √vid means 'to know' or 'to see', representing sensory and epistemic apprehension. Cognate with Latin vidēre, English wit, German wissen, all descended from Indo-European *wid-.
- e — stem · thematic vowel
The thematic -e- marks this as a regular thematic present stem (class 1 verb in Pali). It carries no morphological information itself.
- ti — ending · 3rd singular active
The ending -ti marks third person singular present indicative active voice. It derives from Indo-European *-ti and is the standard active ending across Indo-Aryan languages.
Etymology. From √vid 'to know, see', cognate with Latin vidēre 'to see', English wit (as in 'to wit'), German wissen 'to know'. The root preserves the Indo-European *wid- 'to see', which undergoes metaphorical extension from visual perception to knowledge and sensation. Related to Pali avidyā 'non-knowing, ignorance' (a- + vidyā).