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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/woseti
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.[1]
Verb
*woseti
- to spend the night
Inflection
Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
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Active voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *wosū | *wosemam | ? | ? |
2nd singular | *wosesi | *wosetās | ? | ? |
3rd singular | *woseti | *woseto | ? | ? |
1st plural | *wosomosi | *wosemo | ? | ? |
2nd plural | *wosetesi | *wosestē | ? | ? |
3rd plural | *wosonti | *wosento | ? | ? |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
2nd singular | ? | ? | *wose | |
3rd singular | ? | ? | *wosetou | |
1st plural | ? | ? | *wosomos | |
2nd plural | ? | ? | *wosete | |
3rd plural | ? | ? | *wosontou | |
Passive voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *wosūr | — | ? | — |
2nd singular | *wosetar | — | ? | — |
3rd singular | *wosetor | ? | ? | — |
1st plural | *wosommor | — | ? | — |
2nd plural | *wosedwe | — | ? | — |
3rd plural | *wosontor | ? | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | — | — | |
2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
1st plural | ? | — | — | |
2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
3rd plural | ? | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Welsh: arhos (“to stay, stop, wait”) (< *ɸare-woseti)
- Welsh: aros
- Old Irish: foïd (“to spend the night”)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wos-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 428