Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kuxsketi

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

Generally held as cognate to Proto-Italic *kubāō (“to lie down”); whether the Proto-Indo-European form was *kewbʰ-, *kewb-, or *(s)kewbʰ- is uncertain. Matasović, in a desperate attempt to find non-Italo-Celtic cognates, takes *(s)kewbʰ- as the proto-form, and relates the Celtic and Italic terms to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”), noting that Latin iacio (“to throw”) and iaceo (“to lie”) are examples of words that demonstrate an association between "throwing forward" actions and "lying down" actions. Germanicists do not follow this comparison.

Verb

*kuxsketi

1. to sleep

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*kuxskū	*kuxskemam	?	?
2nd singular	*kuxskesi	*kuxsketās	?	?
3rd singular	*kuxsketi	*kuxsketo	?	?
1st plural	*kuxskomosi	*kuxskemo	?	?
2nd plural	*kuxsketesi	*kuxskestē	?	?
3rd plural	*kuxskonti	*kuxskento	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	?	—
2nd singular	?	?	*kuxske
3rd singular	?	?	*kuxsketou
1st plural	?	?	*kuxskomos
2nd plural	?	?	*kuxskete
3rd plural	?	?	*kuxskontou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*kuxskūr	—	?	?
2nd singular	*kuxsketar	—	?	?
3rd singular	*kuxsketor	?	?	?
1st plural	*kuxskommor	—	?	?
2nd plural	*kuxskedwe	—	?	?
3rd plural	*kuxskontor	?	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	—	—
2nd singular	?	—	—
3rd singular	?	—	—
1st plural	?	—	—
2nd plural	?	—	—
3rd plural	?	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *kuskɨd
  • Middle Breton: cousquet
    • Breton: kousket
  • Middle Cornish: cusca
    • Cornish: koska
  • Middle Welsh: kyscaf
    • Welsh: cysgu