Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantabwiyeti
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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 *kanta- (“together”) + *bwiyeti (“to be”).
Verb
[edit]*kantabwiyeti[1]
- to perceive
Inflection
[edit]| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *kantabwiyū | *kantabwiyemam | *kantabibūsū | *kantabubuwa |
| 2nd singular | *kantabwiyesi | *kantabwiyetās | *kantabibūsesi | *kantabubuwas? |
| 3rd singular | *kantabwiyeti | *kantabwiyeto | *kantabibūseti | *kantabubuwe |
| 1st plural | *kantabwiyomosi | *kantabwiyemo | *kantabibūsomosi | *kantabubuwmo |
| 2nd plural | *kantabwiyetesi | *kantabwiyestē | *kantabibūsetesi | *kantabubuwe |
| 3rd plural | *kantabwiyonti | *kantabwiyento | *kantabibūsonti | *kantabubuwars |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *kantabuwū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *kantabuwesi | ? | *kantabwiye | |
| 3rd singular | *kantabuweti | ? | *kantabwiyetou | |
| 1st plural | *kantabuwomosi | ? | *kantabwiyomos | |
| 2nd plural | *kantabuwetesi | ? | *kantabwiyete | |
| 3rd plural | *kantabuwonti | ? | *kantabwiyontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *kantabwiyūr | — | *kantabibūsūr | *kantabubuwra |
| 2nd singular | *kantabwiyetar | — | *kantabibūsetar | *kantabubuwras? |
| 3rd singular | *kantabwiyetor | ? | *kantabibūsetor | *kantabubuwre |
| 1st plural | *kantabwiyommor | — | *kantabibūsommor | ? |
| 2nd plural | *kantabwiyedwe | — | *kantabibūsedwe | ? |
| 3rd plural | *kantabwiyontor | ? | *kantabibūsontor | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *kantabuwūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *kantabuwetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *kantabuwetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *kantabuwommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *kantabuwedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *kantabuwontor | — | — | |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kantβɨð (deuterotonic), *kėntβɨð (prototonic)
- Middle Welsh: kanuot
- Welsh: canfod
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *arkėntβɨð (deuterotonic), *ėrkėntβɨð (prototonic)
- Old Breton: ercentbidi (2sg. pres.)
- Middle Welsh: arganuot
- Welsh: arganfod
- Middle Welsh: kanuot
- Old Irish: ceta·bí
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanta-bw-iyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188