Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/miskati

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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 *miḱsḱéti, from *meyḱ- (to mix).[1]

Verb[edit]

*miskati

  1. to mix, confuse

Inflection[edit]

Athematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *miskami *miskamam ? ?
2nd singular *miskasi *miskatās ? ?
3rd singular *miskati *miskato ? ?
1st plural *miskamosi *miskamo ? ?
2nd plural *miskatesi *miskastē ? ?
3rd plural *miskanti *miskanto ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *miska
3rd singular ? ? *miskatou
1st plural ? ? *miskamos
2nd plural ? ? *miskate
3rd plural ? ? *miskantou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *miskar ?
2nd singular *miskatar ?
3rd singular *miskator ? ?
1st plural *miskammor ?
2nd plural *miskadwe ?
3rd plural *miskantor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mɨskad
    • Middle Breton: mescaff
    • Cornish: myska
    • Middle Welsh: mysgu
  • Old Irish: mescaid

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273