Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snigʷyeti

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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 *snigʷʰ-ye-ti (to stick to), from *sneygʷʰ-.[1]

Verb

*snigʷyeti

  1. to snow

Reconstruction notes

Welsh nyfio “to snow” is a ghost word.[1]

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *snigʷyū *snigʷyemam *sisnixsū *sisnoigʷa
2nd singular *snigʷyesi *snigʷyetās *sisnixsesi *sisnoigʷas?
3rd singular *snigʷyeti *snigʷyeto *sisnixseti *sisnoigʷe
1st plural *snigʷyomosi *snigʷyemo *sisnixsomosi *sisnoigʷmo
2nd plural *snigʷyetesi *snigʷyestē *sisnixsetesi *sisnoigʷe
3rd plural *snigʷyonti *snigʷyento *sisnixsonti *sisnoigʷars
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *snēxsū ?
2nd singular *snēxsesi ? *snigʷye
3rd singular *snēxseti ? *snigʷyetou
1st plural *snēxsomosi ? *snigʷyomos
2nd plural *snēxsetesi ? *snigʷyete
3rd plural *snēxsonti ? *snigʷyontou
Declension of the present participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *snigʷyonts *snigʷyonte *snigʷyontes
vocative *snigʷyonts *snigʷyonte *snigʷyontes
accusative *snigʷyontam *snigʷyonte *snigʷyontans
genitive *snigʷyantos *? *snigʷyantom
dative *snigʷyantei *snigʷyantbom *snigʷyantbos
instrumental *snigʷyantī? *snigʷyantbim *snigʷyantbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *snigʷyantī *snigʷyantī *snigʷyantiyās
vocative *snigʷyantī *snigʷyantī *snigʷyantiyās
accusative *snigʷyantīm *snigʷyantī *snigʷyantiyans
genitive *snigʷyantyās *? *snigʷyantyom
dative *snigʷyantyāi *snigʷyantyābom *snigʷyantyābos
instrumental *? *snigʷyantyābim *snigʷyantyābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *snigʷyont *? *snigʷyonta
vocative *snigʷyont *? *snigʷyonta
accusative *snigʷyont *? *snigʷyonta
genitive *snigʷyantos *? *snigʷyantom
dative *snigʷyantei *? *snigʷyantbos
instrumental *snigʷyantī? *? *snigʷyantbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *snigjɨd
    • ? Middle Welsh: nyf (snow)[1]
  • Old Irish: snigid (to flow, drip)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “*snig-i̯e/o- oder *snig-e/o-”, 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, page 597