Words for to go in Celtic languages.
Note: this is one of the few irregular verbs in the celtic languages, and some different parts of the conjugations come from different roots.
Proto-Celtic | *tēgeti = to go, step |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | téít [tʲeːdʲ] = to go, process, depart leave |
Irish (Gaeilge) | téigh [tʲeːɟ / tʲeːj / tʲeː] = to go, move, proceed, get on, fare, make, cost |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | tèid = will go – (future form of rach) |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti (to be walking, to be climbing) [Source].
Old Irish (Goídelc) | dul = to go, going |
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Irish (Gaeilge) | dul [d̪ˠʊlˠ] = going, passing, departure, way, method, means, proper, natural, arrangement, style – (verb noun of téigh) |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | dol [dɔl̪ˠ] = (act of) going, (act of) proceeding |
Manx (Gaelg) | goll = to go, show out, disembark, going, sinking, passage, departure |
Etymology: unknown
Proto-Celtic | *monītor = go |
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Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | muinithir = goes around |
Proto-Brythonic | *moned = go |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | mynd [mɨ̞nd / mɪnd] = to go, leave, depart, die, disappear, perish, come to an end, elapse, pass |
Cornish (Kernewek) | mos = to go, become |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | monet = to go, to become |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *menH- [Source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, MacBain’s Dictionary, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old-Irish Glossary, teanglann.ie, On-Line Manx Dictionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau