Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷeti

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).[1] Cognate with Latin inquam, Ancient Greek ἐνέπω (enépō) and Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Verb edit

*sekʷeti[1]

  1. to say

Inflection edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷū *sekʷemam ? ?
2nd singular *sekʷesi *sekʷetās ? ?
3rd singular *sekʷeti *sekʷeto ? ?
1st plural *sekʷomosi *sekʷemo ? ?
2nd plural *sekʷetesi *sekʷestē ? ?
3rd plural *sekʷonti *sekʷento ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *sekʷe
3rd singular ? ? *sekʷetou
1st plural ? ? *sekʷomos
2nd plural ? ? *sekʷete
3rd plural ? ? *sekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷūr ?
2nd singular *sekʷetar ?
3rd singular *sekʷetor ? ?
1st plural *sekʷommor ?
2nd plural *sekʷedwe ?
3rd plural *sekʷontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Derived terms edit

  • *atisekʷom
    • Proto-Brythonic: *adheb
    • Old Irish: aithesc

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328