pissiumi

Gaulish

Etymology

Word attested on Chamalières tablet.[1][2] From Proto-Celtic *kʷiseti with future & subjunctive suffix -siu and suffixed pronoun -mi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to see, observe”). Cognate with Old Irish ad·cí.

Verb

pis-

  1. to see.[3]

Inflection

    Inflection of pissiumi (Transalpine)
Present Imperative Subjunctive Future Past
1st Singular pissíiumi
2nd Singular
3rd Singular
1st Plural
2nd Plural
3rd Plural
Active Present Active Past Passive Present Passive Past
Particles

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier; Lambert, Pierre-Yves (2003), Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 250
  2. ^ Savignac, Jean-Paul (2004), Dictionnaire français-gaulois, →ISBN, pages 344-345
  3. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1995), How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63
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