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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/taketi

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

Uncertain;[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak-, the source of Latin taceo (I am silent), Proto-Germanic *þagjaną (to be silent).[2]

Verb

*taketi

  1. to choke, strangle

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *takū *takemam  ?  ?
2nd singular *takesi *taketās  ?  ?
3rd singular *taketi *taketo  ?  ?
1st plural *takomosi *takemo  ?  ?
2nd plural *taketesi *takestē  ?  ?
3rd plural *takonti *takento  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?  ?
2nd singular  ?  ? *take
3rd singular  ?  ? *taketou
1st plural  ?  ? *takomos
2nd plural  ?  ? *takete
3rd plural  ?  ? *takontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *takūr  ?
2nd singular *taketar  ?
3rd singular *taketor  ?  ?
1st plural *takommor  ?
2nd plural *takedwe  ?
3rd plural *takontor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?
2nd singular  ?
3rd singular  ?
1st plural  ?
2nd plural  ?
3rd plural  ?
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *taxtos *taxtou *taxtoi
vocative *taxte *taxtou *taxtoi
accusative *taxtom *taxtou *taxtoms
genitive *taxtī *taxtous *taxtom
dative *taxtūi *taxtobom *taxtobos
instrumental *taxtū *taxtobim *taxtobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *taxtā *taxtai *taxtās
vocative *taxtā *taxtai *taxtās
accusative *taxtam *taxtai *taxtams
genitive *taxtās *taxtous *taxtom
dative *taxtai *taxtābom *taxtābos
instrumental *? *taxtābim *taxtābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *taxtom *taxtou *taxtā
vocative *taxtom *taxtou *taxtā
accusative *taxtom *taxtou *taxtā
genitive *taxtī *taxtous *taxtom
dative *taxtūi *taxtobom *taxtobos
instrumental *taxtū *taxtobim *taxtobis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's reconstruction *tageti is erroneous, as intervocalic -g- is normally deleted in Brittonic, not retained.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: tachtaid (from past participle stem)

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tag-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1055, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1055
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