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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dinīti

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suckle, nurse), see also Latin fellō (suck), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, to suckle), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, he sucks, drinks).

Verb

*dinīti[1]

  1. to suck

Declension

The original conjugation, which was more like *balnīti, was analogically converted to a -na- conjugation later.[2]

Athematic h₁-root nasal-infix present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *dinīmi *dinamam  ? *dida
2nd singular *dinīsi *dinatās  ? *didas?
3rd singular *dinīti *dinato  ? *dide
1st plural *dinamosi *dinamo  ? *didmo
2nd plural *dinatesi *dinastē  ? *disse
3rd plural *dinenti *dinanto  ? *didar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?  ?
2nd singular  ?  ? *dinī
3rd singular  ?  ? *dinītou
1st plural  ?  ? *dinamos
2nd plural  ?  ? *dinate
3rd plural  ?  ? *dinentou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *dinīr  ?
2nd singular *dinītar  ?
3rd singular *dinītor  ?  ?
1st plural *dinammor  ?
2nd plural *dinadwe  ?
3rd plural *dinentor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?
2nd singular  ?
3rd singular  ?
1st plural  ?
2nd plural  ?
3rd plural  ?

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *denad
    • Middle Breton: denaff
      • Breton: denañ
    • Cornish: dena
    • Middle Welsh: denu
  • Old Irish: denaid

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*di-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) 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 274
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