Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/emeti
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take”).[1]
Verb
[edit]*emeti
- to take
Inflection
[edit]| Thematic present, t-preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *emū | *ememam | *iemasū | *imam |
| 2nd singular | *emesi | *emetās | *iemasesi | *ins |
| 3rd singular | *emeti | *emeto | *iemaseti | *int |
| 1st plural | *emomosi | *ememo | *iemasomosi | *imme |
| 2nd plural | *emetesi | *emestē | *iemasetesi | *inte |
| 3rd plural | *emonti | *emento | *iemasonti | *imant |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *emasū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *emasesi | ? | *eme | |
| 3rd singular | *emaseti | ? | *emetou | |
| 1st plural | *emasomosi | ? | *emomos | |
| 2nd plural | *emasetesi | ? | *emete | |
| 3rd plural | *emasonti | ? | *emontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *emūr | — | *iemasūr | ? |
| 2nd singular | *emetar | — | *iemasetar | ? |
| 3rd singular | *emetor | ? | *iemasetor | ? |
| 1st plural | *emommor | — | *iemasommor | ? |
| 2nd plural | *emedwe | — | *iemasedwe | ? |
| 3rd plural | *emontor | ? | *iemasontor | *imanto |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *emasūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *emasetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *emasetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *emasommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *emasedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *emasontor | — | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]- *ɸare-emeti
- Old Irish: ar·eim
- *ɸare-uɸo-emeti
- Old Irish: ar·foím
- *dī-emeti
- Old Irish: do·eim
- *uɸo-emeti
- Old Irish: fo·eim
- *kom-ɸro-im- (t-preterite formation)
- Old Irish: con·roíter (perfect of con·oí (“to protect”))
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*em-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
Further reading
[edit]- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 712, pages 511–513