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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tekʷeti

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 *tekʷ- (“to run, to flow”).[1]

Verb

*tekʷeti

  1. to run, flee

Declension

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷū *tekʷemam  ? *tākʷa
2nd singular *tekʷesi *tekʷetās  ? *tākʷas?
3rd singular *tekʷeti *tekʷeto  ? *tākʷe
1st plural *tekʷomosi *tekʷemo  ? *tākʷmo
2nd plural *tekʷetesi *tekʷestē  ? *tākʷe
3rd plural *tekʷonti *tekʷento  ? *tākʷar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsū  ? —
2nd singular *texsesi  ? *tekʷe
3rd singular *texseti  ? *tekʷetou
1st plural *texsomosi  ? *tekʷomos
2nd plural *texsetesi  ? *tekʷete
3rd plural *texsonti  ? *tekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷūr —  ? —
2nd singular *tekʷetar —  ? —
3rd singular *tekʷetor  ?  ? —
1st plural *tekʷommor —  ? —
2nd plural *tekʷedwe —  ? —
3rd plural *tekʷontor  ?  ? —
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsūr — —
2nd singular *texsetar — —
3rd singular *texsetor — —
1st plural *texsommor — —
2nd plural *texsedwe — —
3rd plural *texsontor — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tebɨd
    • Middle Welsh: debit (initially mutated)
  • Old Irish: teichid, techid
    • Irish: teith
    • Manx: çhea
    • Scottish Gaelic: teich
    • → Proto-Brythonic: *texɨd
      • Middle Breton: techet
        • Breton: tec'hed
      • Cornish: têgh
      • Middle Welsh: techu

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 377
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