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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tekʷeti

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to run, to flow).[1]

Verb

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*tekʷeti

  1. to run, flee

Declension

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Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷū *tekʷemam ? *tākʷa
2nd singular *tekʷesi *tekʷetās ? *tākʷas?
3rd singular *tekʷeti *tekʷeto ? *tākʷe
1st plural *tekʷomosi *tekʷemo ? *tākʷmo
2nd plural *tekʷetesi *tekʷestē ? *tākʷe
3rd plural *tekʷonti *tekʷento ? *tākʷars
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsū ?
2nd singular *texsesi ? *tekʷe
3rd singular *texseti ? *tekʷetou
1st plural *texsomosi ? *tekʷomos
2nd plural *texsetesi ? *tekʷete
3rd plural *texsonti ? *tekʷontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *tekʷūr ? *tākʷra
2nd singular *tekʷetar ? *tākʷras?
3rd singular *tekʷetor ? ? *tākʷre
1st plural *tekʷommor ? ?
2nd plural *tekʷedwe ? ?
3rd plural *tekʷontor ? ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *texsūr
2nd singular *texsetar
3rd singular *texsetor
1st plural *texsommor
2nd plural *texsedwe
3rd plural *texsontor

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *tebɨd
    • Middle Welsh: debit (initially mutated)
  • Old Irish: teichid, techid

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 377