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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/starnati
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).
See also Sanskrit आस्तॄ (āstṝ, “spread”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (stərənāiti, “spread, extend”), Ancient Greek στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “scatter”), στρατός (stratós, “army, people, body of men”), Old Church Slavonic прострѣти (prostrěti, “stretch, expand”), просторъ (prostorŭ, “spaciousness”), Old English strewian (English strew), Old Norse strá.
Verb
*starnati[1]
- to broaden, strew
Inflection
| Athematic present, t-preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *starnami | *starnamam | *sistrāsū | *stiram |
| 2nd singular | *starnasi | *starnatās | *sistrāsesi | *stirs |
| 3rd singular | *starnati | *starnato | *sistrāseti | *stirt |
| 1st plural | *starnamosi | *starnamo | *sistrāsomosi | *stirme |
| 2nd plural | *starnatesi | *starnastē | *sistrāsetesi | *stirte |
| 3rd plural | *starnanti | *starnanto | *sistrāsonti | *stirant |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *sterasū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *sterasesi | ? | *starna | |
| 3rd singular | *steraseti | ? | *starnatou | |
| 1st plural | *sterasomosi | ? | *starnamos | |
| 2nd plural | *sterasetesi | ? | *starnate | |
| 3rd plural | *sterasonti | ? | *starnantou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *starnar | — | *sistrāsūr | — |
| 2nd singular | *starnatar | — | *sistrāsetar | — |
| 3rd singular | *starnator | ? | *sistrāsetor | — |
| 1st plural | *starnammor | — | *sistrāsommor | — |
| 2nd plural | *starnadwe | — | *sistrāsedwe | — |
| 3rd plural | *starnantor | ? | *sistrāsontor | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *sterasūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *sterasetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *sterasetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *sterasommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *sterasedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *sterasontor | — | — | |
| Declension of the past participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *strātos | *strātou | *strātoi |
| vocative | *strāte | *strātou | *strātūs |
| accusative | *strātom | *strātou | *strātoms |
| genitive | *strātī | *strātous | *strātom |
| dative | *strātūi | *strātobom | *strātobos |
| instrumental | *strātū | *strātobim | *strātobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *strātā | *strātai | *strātās |
| vocative | *strātā | *strātai | *strātās |
| accusative | *strātam | *strātai | *strātams |
| genitive | *strātās | *strātous | *strātom |
| dative | *strātai | *strātābom | *strātābos |
| instrumental | *? | *strātābim | *strātābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *strātom | *strātou | *strātā |
| vocative | *strātom | *strātou | *strātā |
| accusative | *strātom | *strātou | *strātā |
| genitive | *strātī | *strātous | *strātom |
| dative | *strātūi | *strātobom | *strātobos |
| instrumental | *strātū | *strātobim | *strātobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: sarnu
- → English: sarn (possibly)
- Welsh: sarnu
- Old Irish: sernaid
- Irish: searn
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*star-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 354