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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medyetor

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 *med- (“to measure; give advice”)

Verb

*medyetor[1]

  1. to judge, measure

Declension

Thematic present, suffixless preterite, deponent
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *medyūr —  ? —
2nd singular *medyetar —  ? —
3rd singular *medyetor  ?  ? —
1st plural *medyommor —  ? —
2nd plural *medyedwe —  ? —
3rd plural *medyontor  ?  ? —
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular  ? — —
2nd singular  ? — —
3rd singular  ? — —
1st plural  ? — —
2nd plural  ? — —
3rd plural  ? — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mėðɨd
    • Old Cornish: medhes
    • Middle Welsh: meðu
  • Old Irish: midithir

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*med-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
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