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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tawsyeti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“to be quiet, be still”), see also Danish tyst (“quiet”)[1], Old Prussian tusnan (“still”) and Luwian 𒌅𒄷𒅆𒀀𒄿 (tuḫušiya-, “to await, to wait and see”).[2]
Verb
*tawsyeti[3]
- to be quiet
- to be still
Declension
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *tawsyū | *tawsyemam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *tawsyesi | *tawsyetās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *tawsyeti | *tawsyeto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *tawsyomosi | *tawsyemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *tawsyetesi | *tawsyestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *tawsyonti | *tawsyento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *tawsye | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *tawsyetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *tawsyomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *tawsyete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *tawsyontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *tawsyūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *tawsyetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *tawsyetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *tawsyommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *tawsyedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *tawsyontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Related terms
- *tawsos (“deaf”)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: tewi, tawaf
- Welsh: tewi
- Middle Breton: teuell
- Breton: tewel
- Cornish: tewel
- Middle Welsh: tewi, tawaf
References
- tyst in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*taws-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373