Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/arjēts
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”). Cognate with Old Irish heirp (“kid”), erb, Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos).[1]
Noun
[edit]*arjēts m
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *arjēts | *arjētes |
| vocative | *arjēts | *arjētes |
| accusative | *arjētem | *arjētens |
| genitive | *arjētes, arjētos | *arjētom |
| dative | *arjētei | *arjētβos |
| ablative | *arjēti? arjēte? | *arjētβos |
| locative | *arjēti? arjēte? | *arjētβos |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- The e in Umbrian is of unclear origin; De Vaan, among other possibilities, attributes it to assimilation of the first syllable to the second, or a trace of a previously ablauting base.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ariēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54