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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noweti

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod, assent”).

Verb

*noweti[2]

  1. to nod
  2. to assent to

Inflection
Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *nowū *nowemam  ?  ?
2nd singular *nowesi *nowetās  ?  ?
3rd singular *noweti *noweto  ?  ?
1st plural *nowomosi *nowemo  ?  ?
2nd plural *nowetesi *nowestē  ?  ?
3rd plural *nowonti *nowento  ?  ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *nowasū  ? —
2nd singular *nowasesi  ? *nowe
3rd singular *nowaseti  ? *nowetou
1st plural *nowasomosi  ? *nowomos
2nd plural *nowasetesi  ? *nowete
3rd plural *nowasonti  ? *nowontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *nowūr —  ? —
2nd singular *nowetar —  ? —
3rd singular *nowetor  ?  ? —
1st plural *nowommor —  ? —
2nd plural *nowedwe —  ? —
3rd plural *nowontor  ?  ? —
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *nowasūr — —
2nd singular *nowasetar — —
3rd singular *nowasetor — —
1st plural *nowasommor — —
2nd plural *nowasedwe — —
3rd plural *nowasontor — —

Derived terms
  • *ati-noweti
    • Old Irish: ad·noí
      • Middle Irish: aithnid
        • Irish: aithin (“to bid, command”)
        • Scottish Gaelic: àithn (“to command, order, bid”)
  • *ati-now-om
  • *dī-noweti
    • Proto-Brythonic:
      • Old Breton: dinouam (1sg. present)
      • Middle Cornish: dynwa (3sg. subjunctive)
      • Middle Welsh: dineu
  • *ambi-ad-noweti
    • Old Irish: imm·ánai (“to bequeath”)
  • *exs-noweti
    • Middle Irish: as·noí
  • *to-ambi-noweti
    • Old Irish: do·imnai (“to entrust, command”)
  • *to-ambi-now-om
    • Old Irish: timnae
      • Middle Irish: timna
  • *uɸor-dī-noweti
    • Middle Welsh: gordineu
  • *writ-noweti
    • Middle Welsh: gwrthneu

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 295
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 492-493
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