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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tekʷeti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, to flow”).[1]
Verb
*tekʷeti
- to run, flee
Declension
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *tekʷū | *tekʷemam | ? | *tākʷa |
| 2nd singular | *tekʷesi | *tekʷetās | ? | *tākʷas? |
| 3rd singular | *tekʷeti | *tekʷeto | ? | *tākʷe |
| 1st plural | *tekʷomosi | *tekʷemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *tekʷetesi | *tekʷestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *tekʷonti | *tekʷento | ? | *tākʷar? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *texsū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *texsesi | ? | *tekʷe | |
| 3rd singular | *texseti | ? | *tekʷetou | |
| 1st plural | *texsomosi | ? | *tekʷomos | |
| 2nd plural | *texsetesi | ? | *tekʷete | |
| 3rd plural | *texsonti | ? | *tekʷontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *tekʷūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *tekʷetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *tekʷetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *tekʷommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *tekʷedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *tekʷontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *texsūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *texsetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *texsetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *texsommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *texsedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *texsontor | — | — | |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *tebɨd
- Middle Welsh: debit (initially mutated)
- Old Irish: teichid, techid
- Irish: teith
- Manx: çhea
- Scottish Gaelic: teich
- → Proto-Brythonic: *texɨd
- Middle Breton: techet
- Breton: tec'hed
- Cornish: têgh
- Middle Welsh: techu
- Middle Breton: techet
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tekʷ-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 377