Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaneti

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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 *kh₂néti (to sing), from the root *keh₂n-. Cognate with Latin canere (to sing, chant, sound, play (an instrument)) and possibly Sanskrit कणति (kaṇati, to make noise, cry out, call).

Verb

*kaneti

  1. to sing

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kanū *kanemam *kikanasū *kekāna
2nd singular *kanesi *kanetās *kikanasesi *kekānas?
3rd singular *kaneti *kaneto *kikanaseti *kekāne
1st plural *kanomosi *kanemo *kikanasomosi *kekānmo
2nd plural *kanetesi *kanestē *kikanasetesi *kekāne
3rd plural *kanonti *kanento *kikanasonti *kekānar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kanasū ?
2nd singular *kanasesi ? *kane
3rd singular *kanaseti ? *kanetou
1st plural *kanasomosi ? *kanomos
2nd plural *kanasetesi ? *kanete
3rd plural *kanasonti ? *kanontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kanūr *kikanasūr
2nd singular *kanetar *kikanasetar
3rd singular *kanetor ? *kikanasetor
1st plural *kanommor *kikanasommor
2nd plural *kanedwe *kikanasedwe
3rd plural *kanontor ? *kikanasontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kanasūr
2nd singular *kanasetar
3rd singular *kanasetor
1st plural *kanasommor
2nd plural *kanasedwe
3rd plural *kanasontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kantos *kantou *kantoi
vocative *kante *kantou *kantoi
accusative *kantom *kantou *kantoms
genitive *kantī *kantous *kantom
dative *kantūi *kantobom *kantobos
instrumental *kantū *kantobim *kantobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kantā *kantai *kantās
vocative *kantā *kantai *kantās
accusative *kantam *kantai *kantams
genitive *kantās *kantous *kantom
dative *kantai *kantābom *kantābos
instrumental *? *kantābim *kantābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kantom *kantou *kantā
vocative *kantom *kantou *kantā
accusative *kantom *kantou *kantā
genitive *kantī *kantous *kantom
dative *kantūi *kantobom *kantobos
instrumental *kantū *kantobim *kantobis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kėnɨd
    • Middle Breton: canaff
    • Cornish: kana
    • Old Welsh: canam
  • Old Irish: canaid
    • Irish: can
    • Scottish Gaelic: can

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kan-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187