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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambisuweti

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

From *ambi- +‎ *suweti, from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to move”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (šuwezzi) and Sanskrit सुवति (suváti)).[1]

Verb

*ambisuweti

  1. to turn around
  2. to doubt

Descendants

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