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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weleti
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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 Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).[1]
Inflection
| Thematic present | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *welū | *welennem | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *welesi | *welītū | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *weleti | *wele(to) | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *welomu | *welemmets | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *welete | *weletes, *weleswīs | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *welonti | *welentets | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *welī | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *welet | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *welomu | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *weletīs | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *welont | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *welūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *weletar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *weletor | *weletey | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *welommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *weledwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *welontor | *welentits | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | *weletar | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | *welor | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | *welommor | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | *weledwe | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | *welontor | |
Descendants
The verb ceased to exist in Old Irish but its imperative was inherited with a shift of "see!" to "there is".[1]
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
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