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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meteti

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 *met-. Cognate with Latin metō.

Verb

*meteti

  1. to reap
  2. to cut

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *metū *metemam *mintsū *māta
2nd singular *metesi *metetās *mintsesi *mātas?
3rd singular *meteti *meteto *mintseti *māte
1st plural *metomosi *metemo *mintsomosi *mātmo
2nd plural *metetesi *metestē *mintsetesi *māsse
3rd plural *metonti *metento *mintsonti *mātar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *metsū  ?
2nd singular *metsesi  ? *mete
3rd singular *metseti  ? *metetou
1st plural *metsomosi  ? *metomos
2nd plural *metsetesi  ? *metete
3rd plural *metsonti  ? *metontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *metūr *mintsūr
2nd singular *metetar *mintsetar
3rd singular *metetor  ? *mintsetor
1st plural *metommor *mintsommor
2nd plural *metedwe *mintsedwe
3rd plural *metontor  ? *mintsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *metsūr
2nd singular *metsetar
3rd singular *metsetor
1st plural *metsommor
2nd plural *metsedwe
3rd plural *metsontor

Derived terms

  • *metelā (band of reapers)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *medel
    • Middle Irish: methel

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mėdɨd
    • Middle Breton: midiff
    • Cornish: midzhi
    • Middle Welsh: medi
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