Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dinīti

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”), see also Latin fellō (“suck”), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, “to suckle”), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “he sucks, drinks”).

Verb

*dinīti

1. to suck

Declension

The original conjugation, which was more like *balnīti, was analogically converted to a -na- conjugation later.

Athematic h₁-root nasal-infix present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*dinīmi	*dinamam	?	*dida
2nd singular	*dinīsi	*dinatās	?	*didas?
3rd singular	*dinīti	*dinato	?	*dide
1st plural	*dinamosi	*dinamo	?	*didmo
2nd plural	*dinatesi	*dinastē	?	*disse
3rd plural	*dinenti	*dinanto	?	*didars
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	?	—
2nd singular	?	?	*dinī
3rd singular	?	?	*dinītou
1st plural	?	?	*dinamos
2nd plural	?	?	*dinate
3rd plural	?	?	*dinentou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*dinīr	—	?	*didra
2nd singular	*dinītar	—	?	*didras?
3rd singular	*dinītor	?	?	*didre
1st plural	*dinammor	—	?	?
2nd plural	*dinadwe	—	?	?
3rd plural	*dinentor	?	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	—	—
2nd singular	?	—	—
3rd singular	?	—	—
1st plural	?	—	—
2nd plural	?	—	—
3rd plural	?	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *denad
  • Middle Breton: denaff
    • Breton: denañ
  • Cornish: dena
  • Middle Welsh: denu
    • Welsh: denu
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: adynu
• Old Irish: denaid