Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷeti

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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 *sékʷ-e-ti (to say).[1][2] Cognate with Latin inquam, Ancient Greek ἐνέπω (enépō) and Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Verb

*sekʷeti[1][2]

  1. to say

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷū *sekʷemam ? *sākʷa
2nd singular *sekʷesi *sekʷetās ? *sākʷas?
3rd singular *sekʷeti *sekʷeto ? *sākʷe
1st plural *sekʷomosi *sekʷemo ? *sākʷmo
2nd plural *sekʷetesi *sekʷestē ? *sākʷe
3rd plural *sekʷonti *sekʷento ? *sākʷars
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *sexsū ?
2nd singular *sexsesi ? *sekʷe
3rd singular *sexseti ? *sekʷetou
1st plural *sexsomosi ? *sekʷomos
2nd plural *sexsetesi ? *sekʷete
3rd plural *sexsonti ? *sekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷūr ? *sākʷra
2nd singular *sekʷetar ? *sākʷras?
3rd singular *sekʷetor ? ? *sākʷre
1st plural *sekʷommor ? ?
2nd plural *sekʷedwe ? ?
3rd plural *sekʷontor ? ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *sexsūr
2nd singular *sexsetar
3rd singular *sexsetor
1st plural *sexsommor
2nd plural *sexsedwe
3rd plural *sexsontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *sextos *sextou *sextoi
vocative *sexte *sextou *sextoi
accusative *sextom *sextou *sextoms
genitive *sextī *sextous *sextom
dative *sextūi *sextobom *sextobos
instrumental *sextū *sextobim *sextobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *sextā *sextai *sextās
vocative *sextā *sextai *sextās
accusative *sextam *sextai *sextams
genitive *sextās *sextous *sextom
dative *sextai *sextābom *sextābos
instrumental *? *sextābim *sextābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *sextom *sextou *sextā
vocative *sextom *sextou *sextā
accusative *sextom *sextou *sextā
genitive *sextī *sextous *sextom
dative *sextūi *sextobom *sextobos
instrumental *sextū *sextobim *sextobis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hėbɨd
    • Old Breton: hep
    • Old Welsh: hepp (3sg. pres.)
      • Middle Welsh: heb (3sg. pres.), hebaf (1sg. pres.)
  • Old Irish: seichid

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. 2.*sek-e/o- ‘sagen’”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 565-68
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328