Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kreteti
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to shake”). Matasović attempts to rationalize the semantics as "shake" > "hit" > "approach".[1] German stoßen may be compared for semantics.
Verb
edit*kreteti[2]
- to approach
Inflection
editThematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
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Active voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *kretū | *kretemam | ? | ? |
2nd singular | *kretesi | *kretetās | ? | ? |
3rd singular | *kreteti | *kreteto | ? | ? |
1st plural | *kretomosi | *kretemo | ? | ? |
2nd plural | *kretetesi | *kretestē | ? | ? |
3rd plural | *kretonti | *kretento | ? | ? |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
2nd singular | ? | ? | *krete | |
3rd singular | ? | ? | *kretetou | |
1st plural | ? | ? | *kretomos | |
2nd plural | ? | ? | *kretete | |
3rd plural | ? | ? | *kretontou | |
Passive voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *kretūr | — | ? | — |
2nd singular | *kretetar | — | ? | — |
3rd singular | *kretetor | ? | ? | — |
1st plural | *kretommor | — | ? | — |
2nd plural | *kretedwe | — | ? | — |
3rd plural | *kretontor | ? | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | — | — | |
2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
1st plural | ? | — | — | |
2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
3rd plural | ? | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- *to-kreteti
- Middle Welsh: dygredu
Related terms
edit- *krotīti (o-grade causative)
- Old Irish: crothaid (“to shake”)
Descendants
edit- Old Breton: credam (pres 1sg)
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kret-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 222-223
- ^ 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 419