Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tausyeti

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 *teh₂ws- (to be quiet, be still), see also Danish tyst (quiet),[1] Old Prussian tusnan (still) and Luwian 𒌅𒄷𒅆𒀀𒄿 (tuḫušiya-, to await, to wait and see).[2]

Verb edit

*tausyeti[3]

  1. to be quiet
  2. to be still

Declension edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tawsyū *tawsyemam ? ?
2nd singular *tawsyesi *tawsyetās ? ?
3rd singular *tawsyeti *tawsyeto ? ?
1st plural *tawsyomosi *tawsyemo ? ?
2nd plural *tawsyetesi *tawsyestē ? ?
3rd plural *tawsyonti *tawsyento ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *tawsye
3rd singular ? ? *tawsyetou
1st plural ? ? *tawsyomos
2nd plural ? ? *tawsyete
3rd plural ? ? *tawsyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tawsyūr ?
2nd singular *tawsyetar ?
3rd singular *tawsyetor ? ?
1st plural *tawsyommor ?
2nd plural *tawsyedwe ?
3rd plural *tawsyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:

References edit

  1. ^ tyst in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*taws-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373