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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷalnati

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Originally *kʷalnīti, from a nasal-infix derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (to turn).[1]

Verb

*kʷalnati

  1. to go around

Inflection

Athematic h₁-root nasal-infix present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kʷalnīmi *kʷalnamam  ?  ?
2nd singular *kʷalnīsi *kʷalnatās  ?  ?
3rd singular *kʷalnīti *kʷalnato  ?  ?
1st plural *kʷalnamosi *kʷalnamo  ?  ?
2nd plural *kʷalnatesi *kʷalnastē  ?  ?
3rd plural *kʷalnenti *kʷalnanto  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kʷelasū  ?
2nd singular *kʷelasesi  ? *kʷalnī
3rd singular *kʷelaseti  ? *kʷalnītou
1st plural *kʷelasomosi  ? *kʷalnamos
2nd plural *kʷelasetesi  ? *kʷalnate
3rd plural *kʷelasonti  ? *kʷalnentou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kʷalnīr  ?
2nd singular *kʷalnītar  ?
3rd singular *kʷalnītor  ?  ?
1st plural *kʷalnammor  ?
2nd plural *kʷalnadwe  ?
3rd plural *kʷalnentor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kʷelasūr
2nd singular *kʷelasetar
3rd singular *kʷelasetor
1st plural *kʷelasommor
2nd plural *kʷelasedwe
3rd plural *kʷelasontor

Derived terms

  • *ambi-kʷalnati
    • Old Irish: imm·cella (to surround)
  • *to-ambi-kʷalnati
    • Old Irish: do·immchella (to go around)

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: pallu (to fail, cease, perish; refuse, deny)

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷal-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
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