Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlengeti

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

Alternative reconstructions edit

Etymology edit

A conflation of Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light; move lightly) and another verb with initial derived from the root of Proto-Germanic *springaną.[3][4] See the Proto-Germanic entry for further etymology.

Verb edit

*ɸlengeti[4]

  1. to jump

Declension edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *ɸlengū *ɸlengemam *ɸiblanxsū *ɸleblonga
2nd singular *ɸlengesi *ɸlengetās *ɸiblanxsesi *ɸleblongas?
3rd singular *ɸlengeti *ɸlengeto *ɸiblanxseti *ɸleblonge
1st plural *ɸlengomosi *ɸlengemo *ɸiblanxsomosi *ɸleblongmo
2nd plural *ɸlengetesi *ɸlengestē *ɸiblanxsetesi *ɸleblonxte
3rd plural *ɸlengonti *ɸlengento *ɸiblanxsonti *ɸleblongar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *ɸlenxsū ?
2nd singular *ɸlenxsesi ? *ɸlenge
3rd singular *ɸlenxseti ? *ɸlengetou
1st plural *ɸlenxsomosi ? *ɸlengomos
2nd plural *ɸlenxsetesi ? *ɸlengete
3rd plural *ɸlenxsonti ? *ɸlengontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *ɸlengūr *ɸiblanxsūr
2nd singular *ɸlengetar *ɸiblanxsetar
3rd singular *ɸlengetor ? *ɸiblanxsetor
1st plural *ɸlengommor *ɸiblanxsommor
2nd plural *ɸlengedwe *ɸiblanxsedwe
3rd plural *ɸlengontor ? *ɸiblanxsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *ɸlenxsūr
2nd singular *ɸlenxsetar
3rd singular *ɸlenxsetor
1st plural *ɸlenxsommor
2nd plural *ɸlenxsedwe
3rd plural *ɸlenxsontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlanxtos *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtoi
vocative *ɸlanxte *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtoi
accusative *ɸlanxtom *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtoms
genitive *ɸlanxtī *ɸlanxtous *ɸlanxtom
dative *ɸlanxtūi *ɸlanxtobom *ɸlanxtobos
instrumental *ɸlanxtū *ɸlanxtobim *ɸlanxtobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlanxtā *ɸlanxtai *ɸlanxtās
vocative *ɸlanxtā *ɸlanxtai *ɸlanxtās
accusative *ɸlanxtam *ɸlanxtai *ɸlanxtams
genitive *ɸlanxtās *ɸlanxtous *ɸlanxtom
dative *ɸlanxtai *ɸlanxtābom *ɸlanxtābos
instrumental *? *ɸlanxtābim *ɸlanxtābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlanxtom *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtā
vocative *ɸlanxtom *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtā
accusative *ɸlanxtom *ɸlanxtou *ɸlanxtā
genitive *ɸlanxtī *ɸlanxtous *ɸlanxtom
dative *ɸlanxtūi *ɸlanxtobom *ɸlanxtobos
instrumental *ɸlanxtū *ɸlanxtobim *ɸlanxtobis

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: lingid
  • Gaulish: *lingeti

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*leng-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*long-(e)je/o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 188
  3. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 3.1.74, page 245
  4. 4.0 4.1 Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 522-524
  5. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ling-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 203