Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ėɣɨd

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e̝ˈɣɨːd/

Verb

*ėɣɨd

  1. to drive, go

Conjugation

Conjugation of ėɣɨd
singular plural
first second third impersonal first second third impersonal
absolute conjunct absolute conjunct
indicative present *ėɣiβ̃ *ėɣið *ėɣid *aɣ *aɣidor *aɣir *aɣimm *aɣid *aɣint *aɣintor
imperfect *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *?
preterite *aɣiss *aɣissɨð(?) *aɣissɨd *aɣiss *aɣidɨd *aɣid *aɣissomm *aɣissed *aɣissont *aɣidėnt
pluperfect *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *?
subjunctive present *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *?
past *? *? *? *? *? *? *? *?
imperative *aɣ *aɣid *aɣidor *aɣimm *aɣid *aɣint *aɣintor

Descendants

This verb provides the finite forms to the verbal noun *moned in the daughter languages, which points to that being the case in PB already.

  • Old Welsh: agit, hegit
    • Middle Welsh: ëyt, aa
  • Middle Breton: a
  • Cornish: a

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27