Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dāyetor

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

Unknown. Matasović notes a possible connection to Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (to bind), but dismisses it as semantically unsatisfactory.[1]

Verb edit

*dāyetor[1][2]

  1. to trouble

Inflection edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *dāyūr ?
2nd singular *dāyetar ?
3rd singular *dāyetor ? ?
1st plural *dāyommor ?
2nd plural *dāyedwe ?
3rd plural *dāyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dọr
    • Middle Breton: deur (present tense)
    • Middle Welsh: doraf (1sg present), dawr (3sg present)
  • Old Irish: dáthar, dáas (confused with at·tá (to exist))

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dā-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  2. ^ 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, page 267