Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medyetor

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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 *med- (to measure; give advice)

Verb[edit]

*medyetor[1]

  1. to judge, measure

Declension[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *medyūr ?
2nd singular *medyetar ?
3rd singular *medyetor ? ?
1st plural *medyommor ?
2nd plural *medyedwe ?
3rd plural *medyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mėðɨd
    • Old Cornish: medhes
    • Middle Welsh: meðu
  • Old Irish: midithir

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*med-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261