Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sagyetis

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 *sagyeti (“to seek”) +‎ *-tis (action noun suffix).[1]

Noun

*sagyetis f

  1. seeking

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sagyetis *sagyetī *sagyetīs
vocative *sagyeti *sagyetī *sagyetīs
accusative *sagyetim *sagyetī *sagyetins
genitive *sagyeteis *sagyetyow *sagyetyom
dative *sagyetei *sagyetibom *sagyetibos
locative *sagyetei *? *?
instrumental *sagyetī *sagyetibim *sagyetibis

Derived terms

  • *dī-sagyetis (“seeking”)
    • Old Irish: degaid
  • *uɸo-sagyetis (“trying”)

Descendants

  • Old Irish: saigid (noun)
  • ⇒ Gaulish: sagitiontias (pres. part. gen. sg. f. of a denominative verb)

References

  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 190
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