Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ageti

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Cognate with Sanskrit अजति (ajati), Latin agō, Old Armenian ածեմ (acem).

Verb

*ageti

1. to drive

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*agū	*agemam	—	*axta
2nd singular	*agesi	*agetās	—	*axtas?
3rd singular	*ageti	*ageto	—	*axte
1st plural	*agomosi	*agemo	—	*axtmo
2nd plural	*agetesi	*agestē	—	*axsse
3rd plural	*agonti	*agento	—	*axtars
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	*agāū	?	—
2nd singular	*agāesi	?	*age
3rd singular	*agāeti	?	*agetou
1st plural	*agāomosi	?	*agomos
2nd plural	*agāetesi	?	*agete
3rd plural	*agāonti	?	*agontou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*agūr	—	—	—
2nd singular	*agetar	—	—	—
3rd singular	*agetor	?	—	—
1st plural	*agommor	—	—	—
2nd plural	*agedwe	—	—	—
3rd plural	*agontor	?	—	—
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	*agāūr	—	—
2nd singular	*agāetar	—	—
3rd singular	*agāetor	—	—
1st plural	*agāommor	—	—
2nd plural	*agāedwe	—	—
3rd plural	*agāontor	—	—

Declension of the past participle
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*axtos	*axtou	*axtoi
vocative	*axte	*axtou	*axtoi
accusative	*axtom	*axtou	*axtoms
genitive	*axtī	*axtous	*axtom
dative	*axtūi	*axtobom	*axtobos
instrumental	*axtū	*axtobim	*axtobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*axtā	*axtai	*axtās
vocative	*axtā	*axtai	*axtās
accusative	*axtam	*axtai	*axtams
genitive	*axtās	*axtous	*axtom
dative	*axtai	*axtābom	*axtābos
instrumental	*?	*axtābim	*axtābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*axtom	*axtou	*axtā
vocative	*axtom	*axtou	*axtā
accusative	*axtom	*axtou	*axtā
genitive	*axtī	*axtous	*axtom
dative	*axtūi	*axtobom	*axtobos
instrumental	*axtū	*axtobim	*axtobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ėɣɨd
  • Middle Breton: a
  • Cornish: a
  • Old Welsh: agit, hegit
    • Middle Welsh: ëyt
      • Welsh: af (inflected forms of mynd)
• Old Irish: aigid, ·aig

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*ag-o-”, Zagreb, p. 1.