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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/buyeti

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate with Sanskrit भवति (bhávati), Latin fuī and Lithuanian bū́ti.

Verb

*buyeti

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *buyū *buyemam  ? *bebuwa
2nd singular *buyesi *buyetās  ? *bebuwas?
3rd singular *buyeti *buyeto  ? *bebuwe
1st plural *buyomosi *buyemo  ? *bebuwmo
2nd plural *buyetesi *buyestē  ? *bebuwe
3rd plural *buyonti *buyento  ? *bebuwar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *buwū  ?
2nd singular *buwesi  ? *buye
3rd singular *buweti  ? *buyetou
1st plural *buwomosi  ? *buyomos
2nd plural *buwetesi  ? *buyete
3rd plural *buwonti  ? *buyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *buyūr  ?
2nd singular *buyetar  ?
3rd singular *buyetor  ?  ?
1st plural *buyommor  ?
2nd plural *buyedwe  ?
3rd plural *buyontor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *buwūr
2nd singular *buwetar
3rd singular *buwetor
1st plural *buwommor
2nd plural *buwedwe
3rd plural *buwontor

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bujɨd
  • Gaulish: biiete (2pl.pres.ind./imp.)[1]
  • Old Irish:
    • Irish:
    • Manx: bee
    • Scottish Gaelic: bi

References

  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “*bu̯-ii̯e/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 231

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bu-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
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