Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weleti

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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 *wel- (to see).[1]

Verb[edit]

*weleti[1]

  1. to see

Inflection[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *welū *welemam ? ?
2nd singular *welesi *weletās ? ?
3rd singular *weleti *weleto ? ?
1st plural *welomosi *welemo ? ?
2nd plural *weletesi *welestē ? ?
3rd plural *welonti *welento ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *wele
3rd singular ? ? *weletou
1st plural ? ? *welomos
2nd plural ? ? *welete
3rd plural ? ? *welontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *welūr ?
2nd singular *weletar ?
3rd singular *weletor ? ?
1st plural *welommor ?
2nd plural *weledwe ?
3rd plural *welontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants[edit]

The verb ceased to exist with this meaning in Old Irish but its imperative was inherited with a shift from "see!" to "there is".[1]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwelɨd
  • Old Irish: fil (there is)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412