Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenkāti

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 *wenk- (to bend).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wanhaz (bent, crooked, twisted).

Verb edit

*wenkāti[1]

  1. to bend

Inflection edit

Ā-present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wenkāmi *wenkāmam ? ?
2nd singular *wenkāsi *wenkātās ? ?
3rd singular *wenkāti *wenkāto ? ?
1st plural *wenkāmosi *wenkāmo ? ?
2nd plural *wenkātesi *wenkāstē ? ?
3rd plural *wenkānti *wenkānto ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *wenkā
3rd singular ? ? *wenkātou
1st plural ? ? *wenkāmos
2nd plural ? ? *wenkāte
3rd plural ? ? *wenkāntou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wenkār ?
2nd singular *wenkātar ?
3rd singular *wenkātor ? ?
1st plural *wenkāmmor ?
2nd plural *wenkādwe ?
3rd plural *wenkāntor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: feccaid

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wenk-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413