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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kengeti

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 *(s)keng- (to limp, walk lamely). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō) and Proto-Germanic *hinkaną.

Verb

*kengeti

  1. to step

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kengū *kengemam *kikanxsū *kekonga
2nd singular *kengesi *kengetās *kikanxsesi *kekongas?
3rd singular *kengeti *kengeto *kikanxseti *kekonge
1st plural *kengomosi *kengemo *kikanxsomosi  ?
2nd plural *kengetesi *kengestē *kikanxsetesi  ?
3rd plural *kengonti *kengento *kikanxsonti *kekongar?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kenxū  ?
2nd singular *kenxesi  ? *kenge
3rd singular *kenxeti  ? *kengetou
1st plural *kenxomosi  ? *kengomos
2nd plural *kenxetesi  ? *kengete
3rd plural *kenxonti  ? *kengontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kengūr *kikanxsūr
2nd singular *kengetar *kikanxsetar
3rd singular *kengetor  ? *kikanxsetor
1st plural *kengommor *kikanxsommor
2nd plural *kengedwe *kikanxsedwe
3rd plural *kengontor  ? *kikanxsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *kenxūr
2nd singular *kenxetar
3rd singular *kenxetor
1st plural *kenxommor
2nd plural *kenxedwe
3rd plural *kenxontor

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Irish: cingid, ·cing

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*keng-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 200
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