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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/semeti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *semH- (“to pump, draw water, scoop”).[1] Cognate with Latin sentina, Ancient Greek ἀμάομαι (amáomai) and Lithuanian sémti.
Verb
*semeti[1]
- to pour
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *semū | *sememam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *semesi | *semetās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *semeti | *semeto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *semomosi | *sememo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *semetesi | *semestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *semonti | *semento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *seme | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *semetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *semomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *semete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *semontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *semūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *semetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *semetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *semommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *semedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *semontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: gwehynnu
- Cornish: gweles
- Old Breton: douohinnom
- ⇒ Old Irish: do·essim
- ⇒ Old Irish: do·fuissim
- Middle Irish: tuismid
- Irish: tuismigh
- Scottish Gaelic: taoim
- Manx: teaum
- Middle Irish: tuismid
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sem-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 330