Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/suweti

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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 *sewh₁-. Cognate to Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).[1]

Verb[edit]

*suweti

  1. to turn

Inflection[edit]

The verb has since lost strong inflection in the daughter languages.

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *suwū *suwemam *siswāsū *sesowa
2nd singular *suwesi *suwetās *siswāsesi *sesowas?
3rd singular *suweti *suweto *siswāseti *sesowe
1st plural *suwomosi *suwemo *siswāsomosi *sesowmo
2nd plural *suwetesi *suwestē *siswāsetesi *sesowe
3rd plural *suwonti *suwento *siswāsonti *sesowar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *sowasū ?
2nd singular *sowasesi ? *suwe
3rd singular *sowaseti ? *suwetou
1st plural *sowasomosi ? *suwomos
2nd plural *sowasetesi ? *suwete
3rd plural *sowasonti ? *suwontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *suwūr *siswāsūr
2nd singular *suwetar *siswāsetar
3rd singular *suwetor ? *siswāsetor
1st plural *suwommor *siswāsommor
2nd plural *suwedwe *siswāsedwe
3rd plural *suwontor ? *siswāsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *sowasūr
2nd singular *sowasetar
3rd singular *sowasetor
1st plural *sowasommor
2nd plural *sowasedwe
3rd plural *sowasontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *sūtos *sūtou *sūtoi
vocative *sūte *sūtou *sūtoi
accusative *sūtom *sūtou *sūtoms
genitive *sūtī *sūtous *sūtom
dative *sūtūi *sūtobom *sūtobos
instrumental *sūtū *sūtobim *sūtobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *sūtā *sūtai *sūtās
vocative *sūtā *sūtai *sūtās
accusative *sūtam *sūtai *sūtams
genitive *sūtās *sūtous *sūtom
dative *sūtai *sūtābom *sūtābos
instrumental *? *sūtābim *sūtābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *sūtom *sūtou *sūtā
vocative *sūtom *sūtou *sūtā
accusative *sūtom *sūtou *sūtā
genitive *sūtī *sūtous *sūtom
dative *sūtūi *sūtobom *sūtobos
instrumental *sūtū *sūtobim *sūtobis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Irish: soïd
    • Irish: sóigh

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*suw-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 360