ππππππππ
Umbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reflects a Proto-Indo-European *ad-bΚ°er-tΕr-,[n 1] an agent noun from the root *bΚ°er- (βto bringβ), hence literally, βhe who bring forth, who offersβ. Compare Latin afferΕ and fertor, and also Sanskrit ΰ€ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ₯ (bhartαΉΜ, βbearerβ).
Noun
[edit]ππππππππ β’ (aΕfertur) m (early Iguvine) (nominative singular)
Declension
[edit]- (nominative singular) e.Ig. ππππππππ (aΕfertur); l.Ig. arsfertur, arfertur
- (dative singular) e.Ig. πππππππππ (aΕferture); l.Ig. arsferture
- (accusative singular) l.Ig. arsferturo
Notes
[edit]- ^ Original *d is meant to become Umbrian Ε only between vowels, but it was generalised in the prefix aΕ- to all positions.
References
[edit]- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βferΕ, ferreβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 214
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) βarsferturβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 329
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βarsferturβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 3