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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/suweti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-. Cognate to Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).[1]
Verb
*suweti
- to turn
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *suwū | *suwemam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *suwesi | *suwetās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *suweti | *suweto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *suwomosi | *suwemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *suwetesi | *suwestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *suwonti | *suwento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *suwe | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *suwetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *suwomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *suwete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *suwontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *suwūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *suwetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *suwetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *suwommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *suwedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *suwontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Derived terms
- *ambisuweti
Descendants
- Old Irish: soïd
- Irish: sóigh
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*suw-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 360