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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kuxsketi

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

Generally held as cognate to Proto-Italic *kubāō (to lie down); whether the Proto-Indo-European form was *kewbʰ-, *kewb-, or *(s)kewbʰ- is uncertain. Matasović, in a desperate attempt to find non-Italo-Celtic cognates, takes *(s)kewbʰ- as the proto-form, and relates the Celtic and Italic terms to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (to shove), noting that Latin iacio (to throw) and iaceo (to lie) are examples of words that demonstrate an association between "throwing forward" actions and "lying down" actions.[1] Germanicists do not follow this comparison.

Verb

*kuxsketi

  1. to sleep

Inflection

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kuxskū *kuxskemam  ?  ?
2nd singular *kuxskesi *kuxsketās  ?  ?
3rd singular *kuxsketi *kuxsketo  ?  ?
1st plural *kuxskomosi *kuxskemo  ?  ?
2nd plural *kuxsketesi *kuxskestē  ?  ?
3rd plural *kuxskonti *kuxskento  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?  ?
2nd singular  ?  ? *kuxske
3rd singular  ?  ? *kuxsketou
1st plural  ?  ? *kuxskomos
2nd plural  ?  ? *kuxskete
3rd plural  ?  ? *kuxskontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *kuxskūr  ?
2nd singular *kuxsketar  ?
3rd singular *kuxsketor  ?  ?
1st plural *kuxskommor  ?
2nd plural *kuxskedwe  ?
3rd plural *kuxskontor  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ?
2nd singular  ?
3rd singular  ?
1st plural  ?
2nd plural  ?
3rd plural  ?

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kuskɨd
    • Breton: kousket
    • Cornish: koska
    • Welsh: cysgu

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kuf-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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