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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reteti

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

From Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, roll”).

Verb

*reteti[1]

  1. to run

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *retū *retemam *retsū *rāta
2nd singular *retesi *retetās *retsesi *rātas?
3rd singular *reteti *reteto *retseti *rāte
1st plural *retomosi *retemo *retsomosi *rātmo
2nd plural *retetesi *retestē *retsetesi  ?
3rd plural *retonti *retento *retsonti *rātar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *retsū  ? —
2nd singular *retsesi  ? *rete
3rd singular *retseti  ? *retetou
1st plural *retsomosi  ? *retomos
2nd plural *retsetesi  ? *retete
3rd plural *retsonti  ? *retontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *retūr — *retsūr —
2nd singular *retetar — *retsetar —
3rd singular *retetor  ? *retsetor —
1st plural *retommor — *retsommor —
2nd plural *retedwe — *retsedwe —
3rd plural *retontor  ? *retsontor —
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *retsūr — —
2nd singular *retsetar — —
3rd singular *retsetor — —
1st plural *retsommor — —
2nd plural *retsedwe — —
3rd plural *retsontor — —

Derived terms

  • *uɸo-reteti (“to help”)
  • *kom-to-ɸare-uss-ressom (“incursion”)
    • Old Irish: comthururas

Descendants

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ret-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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