Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷetor

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor (to be following) from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow).[1] Cognate with Latin sequor, Sanskrit सचते (sácate) and Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai).

Verb

*sekʷetor[1]

  1. to follow

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *sekʷūr ?
2nd singular *sekʷetar ?
3rd singular *sekʷetor ? ?
1st plural *sekʷommor ?
2nd plural *sekʷedwe ?
3rd plural *sekʷontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants

  • Old Irish: sechithir, seichithir

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328