Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tageti

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tageti

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak-, the source of Latin taceo (“I am silent”), Proto-Germanic *þagjaną (“to be silent”).[1]

Verb

*tageti[2]

1. to choke, strangle

Declension

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*tagū	*tagemam	?	?
2nd singular	*tagesi	*tagetās	?	?
3rd singular	*tageti	*tageto	?	?
1st plural	*tagomosi	*tagemo	?	?
2nd plural	*tagetesi	*tagestē	?	?
3rd plural	*tagonti	*tagento	?	?
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	?	—
2nd singular	?	?	*tage
3rd singular	?	?	*tagetou
1st plural	?	?	*tagomos
2nd plural	?	?	*tagete
3rd plural	?	?	*tagontou
Passive voice
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite
1st singular	*tagūr	—	?	—
2nd singular	*tagetar	—	?	—
3rd singular	*tagetor	?	?	—
1st plural	*tagommor	—	?	—
2nd plural	*tagedwe	—	?	—
3rd plural	*tagontor	?	?	—
	Pres. subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	?	—	—
2nd singular	?	—	—
3rd singular	?	—	—
1st plural	?	—	—
2nd plural	?	—	—
3rd plural	?	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: tagu
    • Breton: tago
  • Cornish: tage
  • Middle Welsh: tagu
    • Welsh: tagu
• Old Irish: tachtaid
  • Irish: tacht

References

1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1055
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tag-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 366