Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-sagyetor

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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 the primary verb *sagyeti (to seek), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-.

Suffix[edit]

*-sagyetor

  1. denominative/causative suffix

Inflection[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *-sagyūr ?
2nd singular *-sagyetar ?
3rd singular *-sagyetor ? ?
1st plural *-sagyommor ?
2nd plural *-sagyedwe ?
3rd plural *-sagyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Derived terms[edit]

Category Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-sagyetor not found

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Irish: -igidir, -igid
    • Irish: -igh
    • Manx: -ee
    • Scottish Gaelic: -ich
  • Proto-Brythonic: *-haɣjed

Further reading[edit]

  • Lionel S. Joseph (1987) “The origin of the Celtic denominatives in *-sag-”, in Calvert Watkins, editor, Studies in Memory of Warren Cowgill (1929–1985): Papers from the Fourth East Coast Indo-European Conference, Cornell University, June 6–9, 1985, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 113–59