Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bwiyeti

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-yé-ti (to grow, become). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῡ́ομαι (phū́omai, to grow), Latin fīō (to become) and English be.

Verb

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*bwiyeti[2]

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

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Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *bwiyū *bwiyemam *bibūsū *bubuwa
2nd singular *bwiyesi *bwiyetās *bibūsesi *bubuwas?
3rd singular *bwiyeti *bwiyeto *bibūseti *bubuwe
1st plural *bwiyomosi *bwiyemo *bibūsomosi *bubuwmo
2nd plural *bwiyetesi *bwiyestē *bibūsetesi *bubuwe
3rd plural *bwiyonti *bwiyento *bibūsonti *bubuwars
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *buwū ?
2nd singular *buwesi ? *bwiye
3rd singular *buweti ? *bwiyetou
1st plural *buwomosi ? *bwiyomos
2nd plural *buwetesi ? *bwiyete
3rd plural *buwonti ? *bwiyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *bwiyūr *bibūsūr *bubuwra
2nd singular *bwiyetar *bibūsetar *bubuwras?
3rd singular *bwiyetor ? *bibūsetor *bubuwre
1st plural *bwiyommor *bibūsommor ?
2nd plural *bwiyedwe *bibūsedwe ?
3rd plural *bwiyontor ? *bibūsontor ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *buwūr
2nd singular *buwetar
3rd singular *buwetor
1st plural *buwommor
2nd plural *buwedwe
3rd plural *buwontor

Reconstruction notes

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It is possible that the development within Proto-Celtic was *biyeti < *bwiyeti < *buyeti, Zair prefers the simpler *biyeti < *buyeti. He rejects the counter-evidence to this provided by Welsh ysbyddad (hawthorn) and the Brythonic word for “duck” (Welsh hwyad, Cornish hos, and Breton houad).

Derived terms

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  • *du(s)-bwiy-om
  • *su-bwiy-om
    • Old Irish: subae (joy)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Nicholas Zair (2009) “OIr. biid < *bʰuH-ye/o- and “Hiatus” Verbs”, in Stephanie Jamison, Craig Melcher, Brent Vine, editors, Proceedings of the 20th UCLA Indo-European Conference: Los Angeles 2008[1], Bremen: Hempen Verlag, archived from the original on 2024-09-24, pages 213-20
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. *bu̯-ii̯e/o-”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 241-56

Further reading

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