𐌀𐌍𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌍𐌕𐌖

Umbrian

Etymology

Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *ana-sting-, itself from Proto-Italic *stengʷō and prefixed with *ana-. Alternatively, perhaps from an- + an otherwise unattested Umbrian equivalent of Latin stinguō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-. If so, cognate with Latin stinguō. Alternatively, it may be from Proto-Italic *steigō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-. If so, cognate with Latin īnstīgō.

Verb

𐌀𐌍𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌍𐌕𐌖 • (anstintu) (Second and third person singular future active imperative) (early Iguvine)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. (as a command) distinguish, separate, divide
   2. (as a command) connect, attach, fasten

Alternative forms

• 𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌍𐌕𐌖 (astintu)

References

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association
• Robert Seymour Conway (1897) The Italic Dialects‎^[3] (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, page 601