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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegyeti

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 *weg- (“to spin, weave”). Cognate with Latin vēlum (“cloth, sail”), English wick.[1]

Verb

*wegyeti[1]

  1. to weave, compose

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wegyū *wegyemam *wiuxsū *wāga
2nd singular *wegyesi *wegyetās *wiuxsesi *wāgas?
3rd singular *wegyeti *wegyeto *wiuxseti *wāge
1st plural *wegyomosi *wegyemo *wiuxsomosi *wāgmo
2nd plural *wegyetesi *wegyestē *wiuxsetesi *wāxte
3rd plural *wegyonti *wegyento *wiuxsonti *wāgar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *wexsū  ? —
2nd singular *wexsesi  ? *wegye
3rd singular *wexseti  ? *wegyetou
1st plural *wexsomosi  ? *wegyomos
2nd plural *wexsetesi  ? *wegyete
3rd plural *wexsonti  ? *wegyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wegyūr — *wiuxsūr —
2nd singular *wegyetar — *wiuxsetar —
3rd singular *wegyetor  ? *wiuxsetor —
1st plural *wegyommor — *wiuxsommor —
2nd plural *wegyedwe — *wiuxsedwe —
3rd plural *wegyontor  ? *wiuxsontor —
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *wexsūr — —
2nd singular *wexsetar — —
3rd singular *wexsetor — —
1st plural *wexsommor — —
2nd plural *wexsedwe — —
3rd plural *wexsontor — —
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wextos *wextou *wextoi
vocative *wexte *wextou *wextoi
accusative *wextom *wextou *wextoms
genitive *wextī *wextous *wextom
dative *wextūi *wextobom *wextobos
instrumental *wextū *wextobim *wextobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wextā *wextai *wextās
vocative *wextā *wextai *wextās
accusative *wextam *wextai *wextams
genitive *wextās *wextous *wextom
dative *wextai *wextābom *wextābos
instrumental *? *wextābim *wextābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wextom *wextou *wextā
vocative *wextom *wextou *wextā
accusative *wextom *wextou *wextā
genitive *wextī *wextous *wextom
dative *wextūi *wextobom *wextobos
instrumental *wextū *wextobim *wextobis

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: gweaff
      • Breton: gweañ
    • Cornish: gwia
    • Middle Welsh: gwëu
  • Goidelic:
    • Old Irish: figid

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weg-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
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