Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kareti

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.[1]

Verb[edit]

*kareti

  1. to desire, to wish

Inflection[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *karū *karemam ? ?
2nd singular *karesi *karetās ? ?
3rd singular *kareti *kareto ? ?
1st plural *karomosi *karemo ? ?
2nd plural *karetesi *karestē ? ?
3rd plural *karonti *karento ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *kare
3rd singular ? ? *karetou
1st plural ? ? *karomos
2nd plural ? ? *karete
3rd plural ? ? *karontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *karūr ?
2nd singular *karetar ?
3rd singular *karetor ? ?
1st plural *karommor ?
2nd plural *karedwe ?
3rd plural *karontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *karɨd
  • Old Irish: caraid, ·cara
  • Celtiberian: Kara-
  • Gaulish: Caro-, -carus

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191