Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dinīti

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suckle, nurse), see also Latin fellō (suck), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, to suckle), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, he sucks, drinks).

Verb edit

*dinīti[1]

  1. to suck

Declension edit

The original conjugation, which was more like *balnīti, was analogically converted to a -na- conjugation later.[2]

Athematic h₁-root nasal-infix present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *dinīmi *dinamam ? *dida
2nd singular *dinīsi *dinatās ? *didas?
3rd singular *dinīti *dinato ? *dide
1st plural *dinamosi *dinamo ? *didmo
2nd plural *dinatesi *dinastē ? *disse
3rd plural *dinenti *dinanto ? *didar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *dinī
3rd singular ? ? *dinītou
1st plural ? ? *dinamos
2nd plural ? ? *dinate
3rd plural ? ? *dinentou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *dinīr ?
2nd singular *dinītar ?
3rd singular *dinītor ? ?
1st plural *dinammor ?
2nd plural *dinadwe ?
3rd plural *dinentor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *denad
  • Old Irish: denaid

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*di-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
  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 274