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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swizdeti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”), of imitative origin; see also Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, “I hiss”), Russian свиста́ть (svistátʹ).
Verb
*swizdeti[1]
- to blow
Declension
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *swizdū | *swizdemam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *swizdesi | *swizdetās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *swizdeti | *swizdeto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *swizdomosi | *swizdemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *swizdetesi | *swizdestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *swizdonti | *swizdento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *swizde | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *swizdetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *swizdomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *swizdete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *swizdontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *swizdūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *swizdetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *swizdetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *swizdommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *swizdedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *swizdontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *hwɨθɨd
- Breton: c’hwezhañ
- Cornish: hwytha
- Welsh: chwythu
- ⇒ Old Irish: do·infet
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*swizd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 365