Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tekʷeti

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 *tekʷ- (to run, to flow).[1]

Verb edit

*tekʷeti

  1. to run, flee

Declension edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷū *tekʷemam ? *tākʷa
2nd singular *tekʷesi *tekʷetās ? *tākʷas?
3rd singular *tekʷeti *tekʷeto ? *tākʷe
1st plural *tekʷomosi *tekʷemo ? *tākʷmo
2nd plural *tekʷetesi *tekʷestē ? *tākʷe
3rd plural *tekʷonti *tekʷento ? *tākʷar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsū ?
2nd singular *texsesi ? *tekʷe
3rd singular *texseti ? *tekʷetou
1st plural *texsomosi ? *tekʷomos
2nd plural *texsetesi ? *tekʷete
3rd plural *texsonti ? *tekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷūr ?
2nd singular *tekʷetar ?
3rd singular *tekʷetor ? ?
1st plural *tekʷommor ?
2nd plural *tekʷedwe ?
3rd plural *tekʷontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsūr
2nd singular *texsetar
3rd singular *texsetor
1st plural *texsommor
2nd plural *texsedwe
3rd plural *texsontor

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tebɨd
    • Middle Welsh: debit (initially mutated)
  • Old Irish: teichid, techid

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 377