-et-
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| Type: | derivational |
|---|---|
| Function: | agentive |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | -/et/- |
| From PIE: | *-(e)t- |
| From Proto-Celtic: | *-et- |
| Attestation: | aśkoneti, aśkonetio, kiketu, pirauiχeś, piretos, plialeθu, sekezos, seχeθu |
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 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 king-) and ethnonyms (e.g. nemetes; Lambert 1994: 34). Gaulish -et- is considered to have agentive function by, e.g., Hamp 1988: 54; see Irslinger 2002: 67 f. for details.
