Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-faks

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

Etymology

From earlier *-θaks, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁k-s, the root noun of *dʰeh₁-k-, an extension of *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place”). Related to *fakiō.

Suffix

*-faks

1. -maker, -producer.

Declension

As a noun:

Declension of *-faks (consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*-faks	*-fakes
vocative	*-faks	*-fakes
accusative	*-fakem	*-fakens
genitive	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakom
dative	*-fakei	*-fakβos
ablative	*-faki? -fake?	*-fakβos
locative	*-faki? -fake?	*-fakβos

As an adjective:

Declension of *-faks (consonant stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-faks	*-faks	*-fak
vocative	*-faks	*-faks	*-fak
accusative	*-fakem	*-fakem	*-fak
genitive	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakes, -fakos
dative	*-fakei	*-fakei	*-fakei
ablative	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?
locative	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-fakes	*-fakes	*-fakā
vocative	*-fakes	*-fakes	*-fakā
accusative	*-fakens	*-fakens	*-fakā
genitive	*-fakom	*-fakom	*-fakom
dative	*-fakəβos	*-fakβos	*-fakβos
ablative	*-fakəβos	*-fakβos	*-fakβos
locative	*-fakəβos	*-fakβos	*-fakβos

Derived terms

• *obfaks (“hinderer”), related to *obfakiō
• *pontifaks, from *ponts (“bridge”)

Descendants

• Latin: -fex