Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skokīti

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 *skek-, whence also Proto-Germanic *skehaną and Proto-Slavic *skočiti.[1]

Verb edit

*skokīti

  1. to move, stir

Inflection edit

There were two related verbs, a weak verb *skokīti and a strong verb *skeketi.[2] In Old Irish, the present stem of the strong verb fell out of use but the rest of the paradigm, like the subjunctive and preterite, remained.

Ī-present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *skokeyū *skokīmam ? ?
2nd singular *skokīsi *skokītās ? ?
3rd singular *skokīti *skokīto ? ?
1st plural *skokeyomosi *skokīmo ? ?
2nd plural *skokītesi *skokīstē ? ?
3rd plural *skokeyonti *skokīnto ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *skokī
3rd singular ? ? *skokītou
1st plural ? ? *skokeyomos
2nd plural ? ? *skokīte
3rd plural ? ? *skokeyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *skokeyūr ?
2nd singular *skokītar ?
3rd singular *skokītor ? ?
1st plural *skokeyommor ?
2nd plural *skokīdwe ?
3rd plural *skokeyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?
Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *skekū *skekemam ? *skāka
2nd singular *skekesi *skeketās ? *skākas?
3rd singular *skeketi *skeketo ? *skāke
1st plural *skekomosi *skekemo ? *skākmo
2nd plural *skeketesi *skekestē ? *skāxte
3rd plural *skekonti *skekento ? *skākar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *skexsū ?
2nd singular *skexsesi ? *skeke
3rd singular *skexseti ? *skeketou
1st plural *skexsomosi ? *skekomos
2nd plural *skexsetesi ? *skekete
3rd plural *skexsonti ? *skekontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *skekūr ?
2nd singular *skeketar ?
3rd singular *skeketor ? ?
1st plural *skekommor ?
2nd plural *skekedwe ?
3rd plural *skekontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *skexsūr
2nd singular *skexsetar
3rd singular *skexsetor
1st plural *skexsommor
2nd plural *skexsedwe
3rd plural *skexsontor

Derived terms edit

  • *dī-skokīti
    • Breton: diskogellañ
  • *kom-uss-skokīti
  • *to-ɸro-uss-skokīti

Descendants edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skek-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
  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 380