Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/balnīti

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁- (to throw), with an original meaning "throw (it away)" becoming a euphemism for death in Celtic. The -n-is from the nasal infix *-né-.

Verb

*balnīti

  1. to die

Inflection

Athematic h₁-root nasal-infix present, t-preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *balnīmi *balnamam *biblāsū *bilam
2nd singular *balnīsi *balnatās *biblāsesi *bils
3rd singular *balnīti *balnato *biblāseti *bilt
1st plural *balnamosi *balnamo *biblāsomosi *bilme
2nd plural *balnatesi *balnastē *biblāsetesi *bilte
3rd plural *balnenti *balnanto *biblāsonti *bilant
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *belasū ?
2nd singular *belasesi ? *balnī
3rd singular *belaseti ? *balnītou
1st plural *belasomosi ? *balnamos
2nd plural *belasetesi ? *balnate
3rd plural *belasonti ? *balnentou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *balnīr *biblāsūr
2nd singular *balnītar *biblāsetar
3rd singular *balnītor ? *biblāsetor
1st plural *balnammor *biblāsommor
2nd plural *balnadwe *biblāsedwe
3rd plural *balnentor ? *biblāsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *belasūr
2nd singular *belasetar
3rd singular *belasetor
1st plural *belasommor
2nd plural *belasedwe
3rd plural *belasontor

Derived terms

  • *ad-balnīti
    • Middle Welsh: aballu (with *ad-)
  • *exs-balnīti

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: ballwyf (1sg. subjunctive)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bal-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53