Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knāyeti
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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 *kneh₂- (“to bite, to gnaw”).
Verb
[edit]*knāyeti[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *knāyū | *knāyemam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *knāyesi | *knāyetās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *knāyeti | *knāyeto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *knāyomosi | *knāyemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *knāyetesi | *knāyestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *knāyonti | *knāyento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *knāsū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *knāsesi | ? | *knāye | |
| 3rd singular | *knāseti | ? | *knāyetou | |
| 1st plural | *knāsomosi | ? | *knāyomos | |
| 2nd plural | *knāsetesi | ? | *knāyete | |
| 3rd plural | *knāsonti | ? | *knāyontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *knāyūr | — | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *knāyetar | — | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *knāyetor | ? | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *knāyommor | — | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *knāyedwe | — | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *knāyontor | ? | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *knāsūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *knāsetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *knāsetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *knāsommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *knāsedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *knāsontor | — | — | |
Descendants
[edit]- Brythonic:
- Goidelic:
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*knāy-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211