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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/essi

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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

An athematic present directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti. The Goidelic descendants analogically reformed the present after the noun *ɸityā, from the same root as *ɸitu (“corn, grain”).

Verb

*essi

  1. to eat

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: ithid
    • Irish: ith
    • Manx: ee
    • Scottish Gaelic: ith

See also
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