Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ėrxɨd

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e̝rˈxɨːd/

Verb

*ėrxɨd

1. to ask, plead

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ėrxɨd

Indicative	Singular						Plural
	First	Second	Third		Impersonal		First	Second	Third	Impersonal
			Absolute	Conjunct	Absolute	Conjunct
Present	*ėrxiβ̃	*ėrxið	*ėrxid	*arx	*arxidor	*arxir	*arximm	*arxid	*arxint	*arxintor
Imperfect	*?	*?	—	*?	—	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?
Preterite	*arxiss	*arxissɨð(?)	*arxissɨd	*arxiss	*arxidɨd	*arxid	*arxissomm	*arxissed	*arxissont	*arxidėnt
Pluperfect	*?	*?	—	*?	—	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?
Subjunctive
Present	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?
Past	*?	*?	—	*?	—	*?	*?	*?	*?	*?
Imperative
Present	—	*arx	*arxid	—	*arxidor	—	*arximm	*arxid	*arxint	*arxintor
Non-finite

Descendants

• Middle Breton: archaff
  • Breton: arc'hiñ
• Cornish: erghi
• Old Welsh: erchim (verbal noun), ercit (imperative), rit·ercis (3sg. perf.)
  • Middle Welsh: erchi
    • Welsh: erchi

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 125