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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenkāti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (“to bend”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wanhaz (“bent, crooked, twisted”).
Verb
*wenkāti[1]
- to bend
Inflection
| Ā-present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *wenkāmi | *wenkāmam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *wenkāsi | *wenkātās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *wenkāti | *wenkāto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *wenkāmosi | *wenkāmo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *wenkātesi | *wenkāstē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *wenkānti | *wenkānto | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *wenkā | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *wenkātou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *wenkāmos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *wenkāte | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *wenkāntou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *wenkār | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *wenkātar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *wenkātor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *wenkāmmor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *wenkādwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *wenkāntor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: feccaid
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wenk-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413