Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kreteti
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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 *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 edit
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Descendants edit
- Old Breton: credam (pres 1sg)
Related terms edit
- *krotīti (o-grade causative)
- Old Irish: crothaid (“to shake”)
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