𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖

Umbrian

Etymology

Disputed. Seemingly cognate with Latin ostendō (“to show”), maintaining the literal sense of obs- (“foreward”) +‎ tendō (“stretch”).^[1]^[2] By some connected with Proto-Italic *tolnō, hence a formation parallel to Latin offerō (“to offer”), perfect stem obtul-.^[2]^[3]

Verb

𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖 • (ustentu) (early Iguvine) (third-person singular imperative future)

(transitive) to offer; (alternatively) to show
- early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 3:
  ³ [...] 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖⁚
  arvia ustentu
  Show the crop

Attested forms

(third-person singular imperative future) e.Ig. 𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖 (ustentu), 𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌕𐌖 (ustetu); l.Ig. ostendu
(third-person singular imperative future) e.Ig. 𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌕𐌀 (ustentuta)
(third-person plural future passive) l.Ig. ostensendi

References

^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 17
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 612
^ Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “ostendu”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 33

[1] Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 17

[De_Vaan-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 612

[3] Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “ostendu”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 33

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