Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kerdeti

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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 *kerd- (to swing), often compared to Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, to shake).[1]

Verb[edit]

*kerdeti

  1. to put
  2. to move

Inflection[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kerdū *kerdemam *kikritsū *karda
2nd singular *kerdesi *kerdetās *kikritsesi *kardas?
3rd singular *kerdeti *kerdeto *kikritseti *karde
1st plural *kerdomosi *kerdemo *kikritsomosi *kardmo
2nd plural *kerdetesi *kerdestē *kikritsetesi *karsse
3rd plural *kerdonti *kerdento *kikritsonti *kardar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kertsū ?
2nd singular *kertsesi ? *kerde
3rd singular *kertseti ? *kerdetou
1st plural *kertsomosi ? *kerdomos
2nd plural *kertsetesi ? *kerdete
3rd plural *kertsonti ? *kerdontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kerdūr *kikritsūr
2nd singular *kerdetar *kikritsetar
3rd singular *kerdetor ? *kikritsetor
1st plural *kerdommor *kikritsommor
2nd plural *kerdedwe *kikritsedwe
3rd plural *kerdontor ? *kikritsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kertsūr
2nd singular *kertsetar
3rd singular *kertsetor
1st plural *kertsommor
2nd plural *kertsedwe
3rd plural *kertsontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *krissos *krissou *krissoi
vocative *krisse *krissou *krissoi
accusative *krissom *krissou *krissoms
genitive *krissī *krissous *krissom
dative *krissūi *krissobom *krissobos
instrumental *krissū *krissobim *krissobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *krissā *krissai *krissās
vocative *krissā *krissai *krissās
accusative *krissam *krissai *krissams
genitive *krissās *krissous *krissom
dative *krissai *krissābom *krissābos
instrumental *? *krissābim *krissābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *krissom *krissou *krissā
vocative *krissom *krissou *krissā
accusative *krissom *krissou *krissā
genitive *krissī *krissous *krissom
dative *krissūi *krissobom *krissobos
instrumental *krissū *krissobim *krissobis

The future stem was remodelled in Old Irish from *kikrits- to *kikerts- based on the subjunctive stem *kerts-.

Derived terms[edit]

  • *uɸo-kerdeti
    • Old Irish: fo·ceird

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kerd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202-203