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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reteti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, roll”).
Verb
*reteti[1]
- to run
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *retū | *retemam | *retsū | *rāta |
| 2nd singular | *retesi | *retetās | *retsesi | *rātas? |
| 3rd singular | *reteti | *reteto | *retseti | *rāte |
| 1st plural | *retomosi | *retemo | *retsomosi | ? |
| 2nd plural | *retetesi | *retestē | *retsetesi | ? |
| 3rd plural | *retonti | *retento | *retsonti | *rātar? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *retsū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *retsesi | ? | *rete | |
| 3rd singular | *retseti | ? | *retetou | |
| 1st plural | *retsomosi | ? | *retomos | |
| 2nd plural | *retsetesi | ? | *retete | |
| 3rd plural | *retsonti | ? | *retontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *retūr | — | *retsūr | — |
| 2nd singular | *retetar | — | *retsetar | — |
| 3rd singular | *retetor | ? | *retsetor | — |
| 1st plural | *retommor | — | *retsommor | — |
| 2nd plural | *retedwe | — | *retsedwe | — |
| 3rd plural | *retontor | ? | *retsontor | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *retsūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *retsetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *retsetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *retsommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *retsedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *retsontor | — | — | |
Derived terms
- *uɸo-reteti (“to help”)
- *kom-to-ɸare-uss-ressom (“incursion”)
- Old Irish: comthururas
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *rrėdɨd
- Old Breton: retec
- Middle Breton: redec
- Breton: redek
- Middle Breton: redec
- Middle Cornish: resek
- Cornish: resek
- Old Welsh: redec
- Welsh: rhedeg
- Old Breton: retec
- Old Irish: reithid, rethid, rethith
- Irish: rith
- Manx: roie
- Scottish Gaelic: ruith
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ret-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310