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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷeti

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

Verb

*sekʷeti[1]

  1. to say

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷū *sekʷemam  ?  ?
2nd singular *sekʷesi *sekʷetās  ?  ?
3rd singular *sekʷeti *sekʷeto  ?  ?
1st plural *sekʷomosi *sekʷemo  ?  ?
2nd plural *sekʷetesi *sekʷestē  ?  ?
3rd plural *sekʷonti *sekʷento  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?  ?
2nd singular  ?  ? *sekʷe
3rd singular  ?  ? *sekʷetou
1st plural  ?  ? *sekʷomos
2nd plural  ?  ? *sekʷete
3rd plural  ?  ? *sekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷūr  ?
2nd singular *sekʷetar  ?
3rd singular *sekʷetor  ?  ?
1st plural *sekʷommor  ?
2nd plural *sekʷedwe  ?
3rd plural *sekʷontor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?
2nd singular  ?
3rd singular  ?
1st plural  ?
2nd plural  ?
3rd plural  ?

Derived terms

  • *atisekʷom
    • Proto-Brythonic: *adheb
      • Middle Welsh: atteb
    • Old Irish: aithesc
      • Irish: aitheasc
      • Scottish Gaelic: aitheasg

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hėbɨd
    • Old Breton: hep
    • Middle Welsh: hepp
  • Old Irish: seichid
    • Middle Irish: sechid

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
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