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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-de

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *de, an 'indeclinable deictic particle',[1] related by ablaut to the -do in *endo.

Suffix

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*-de

  1. there

Descendants

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  • Latin: inde, quamde, unde, clandestīnus

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-de”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162