Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambisuweti

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

Etymology

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

Verb

*ambisuweti

to turn around
to doubt

Descendants

Old Irish: imm·soí
- Irish: iompaigh
Middle Welsh: amheu
- Welsh: amau

References

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

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