Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reteti

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (to run, roll).

Verb

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*reteti[1]

  1. to run

Inflection

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Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *retū *retemam *retsū *rāta
2nd singular *retesi *retetās *retsesi *rātas?
3rd singular *reteti *reteto *retseti *rāte
1st plural *retomosi *retemo *retsomosi *rātmo
2nd plural *retetesi *retestē *retsetesi *rāsse
3rd plural *retonti *retento *retsonti *rātars
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *retsū ?
2nd singular *retsesi ? *rete
3rd singular *retseti ? *retetou
1st plural *retsomosi ? *retomos
2nd plural *retsetesi ? *retete
3rd plural *retsonti ? *retontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *retūr *retsūr
2nd singular *retetar *retsetar
3rd singular *retetor ? *retsetor
1st plural *retommor *retsommor
2nd plural *retedwe *retsedwe
3rd plural *retontor ? *retsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *retsūr
2nd singular *retsetar
3rd singular *retsetor
1st plural *retsommor
2nd plural *retsedwe
3rd plural *retsontor

Derived terms

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  • *uɸo-reteti (to help)
  • *ritus (zero-grade u-stem verbal noun)
    • Old Irish: riuth
  • *kom-to-ɸare-uss-ressom (incursion)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ret-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310