Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noweti

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

Alternative reconstructions

*nuweti^[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod, assent”).

Verb

*noweti^[2]

to nod
to assent to

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*nowū	*nowemam	?	?
2nd singular	*nowesi	*nowetās	?	?
3rd singular	*noweti	*noweto	?	?
1st plural	*nowomosi	*nowemo	?	?
2nd plural	*nowetesi	*nowestē	?	?
3rd plural	*nowonti	*nowento	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	*nowasū	?	—
2nd singular	*nowasesi	?	*nowe
3rd singular	*nowaseti	?	*nowetou
1st plural	*nowasomosi	?	*nowomos
2nd plural	*nowasetesi	?	*nowete
3rd plural	*nowasonti	?	*nowontou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*nowūr	—	?	?
2nd singular	*nowetar	—	?	?
3rd singular	*nowetor	?	?	?
1st plural	*nowommor	—	?	?
2nd plural	*nowedwe	—	?	?
3rd plural	*nowontor	?	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	*nowasūr	—	—
2nd singular	*nowasetar	—	—
3rd singular	*nowasetor	—	—
1st plural	*nowasommor	—	—
2nd plural	*nowasedwe	—	—
3rd plural	*nowasontor	—	—

Derived terms

*ati-noweti
- Old Irish: ad·noí
  - Middle Irish: aithnid
    - Irish: aithin (“to bid, command”)
    - Scottish Gaelic: àithn (“to command, order, bid”)
*ati-now-om
*dī-noweti
- Proto-Brythonic:
  - Old Breton: dinouam (1sg. present)
    - Middle Breton: dinou
  - Middle Cornish: dynwa (3sg. subjunctive)
  - Middle Welsh: dineu
*ambi-ad-noweti
- Old Irish: imm·ánai (“to bequeath”)
*exs-noweti
- Middle Irish: as·noí
*to-ambi-noweti
- Old Irish: do·imnai (“to entrust, command”)
*to-ambi-now-om
- Old Irish: timnae
  - Middle Irish: timna
    - Irish: tiomna
*uɸor-dī-noweti
- Middle Welsh: gordineu
*writ-noweti
- Middle Welsh: gwrthneu

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 295
^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 492-493

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 295

[2] Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 492-493

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