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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knāyeti

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 *kneh₂- (to bite, to gnaw).

Verb

*knāyeti[1]

  1. to bite, to chew

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *knāyū *knāyemam  ?  ?
2nd singular *knāyesi *knāyetās  ?  ?
3rd singular *knāyeti *knāyeto  ?  ?
1st plural *knāyomosi *knāyemo  ?  ?
2nd plural *knāyetesi *knāyestē  ?  ?
3rd plural *knāyonti *knāyento  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?  ?
2nd singular  ?  ? *knāye
3rd singular  ?  ? *knāyetou
1st plural  ?  ? *knāyomos
2nd plural  ?  ? *knāyete
3rd plural  ?  ? *knāyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *knāyūr  ?
2nd singular *knāyetar  ?
3rd singular *knāyetor  ?  ?
1st plural *knāyommor  ?
2nd plural *knāyedwe  ?
3rd plural *knāyontor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?
2nd singular  ?
3rd singular  ?
1st plural  ?
2nd plural  ?
3rd plural  ?

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: cnoi, cny (Present, 3rd singular)
  • Goidelic:
    • Middle Irish: cnaid
    • Old Irish: imm·cná
    • Old Irish: con·cná
      • Middle Irish: con·cnaí, cocnaid

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*knāy-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
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