View source for -et-

{{morpheme
|type_morpheme=derivational
|function=agentive
|language=Celtic
|analysis_phonemic=-/{{p|e}}{{p|t}}/-
|from_pie=*-(''e'')''t''-
|from_protocelt=*-''et''-
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
The Celtic languages have a comparatively large number of formations of the nominalising PIE suffix *-''t''- with ablaut in the suffix -''et''-/-''ot''- (always with one grade generalised in Celtic). See {{bib|Irslinger 2002}} passim, esp. 46 f. In Gaulish, the ''e''-grade suffix is attested in a handful of PNN (e.g., *''cinget''- 'warrior' in ''vercingetorix'', see {{m||king-}}) and ethnonyms (e.g. ''nemetes''; {{bib|Lambert 1994}}: 34). Gaulish -''et''- is considered to have agentive function by, e.g., {{bib|Hamp 1988}}: 54; see {{bib|Irslinger 2002}}: 67 f. for details. See also {{bib|Repanšek 2014}}: 245–251.
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