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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weleti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).[1]
Verb
*weleti[1]
- to see
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *welū | *welemam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *welesi | *weletās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *weleti | *weleto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *welomosi | *welemo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *weletesi | *welestē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *welonti | *welento | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *wele | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *weletou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *welomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *welete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *welontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *welūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *weletar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *weletor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *welommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *weledwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *welontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
The verb ceased to exist in Old Irish but its imperative was inherited with a shift of "see!" to "there is".[1]
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: gweled, gweld
- Cornish: gweles
- Breton: gwelet
- Old Irish: fil (“there is”)
- Irish: fuil
- Scottish Gaelic: bheil
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412