Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/deknōnā
Proto-Italic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-no- (“worthy”). The existence of the term was posited by Spanish linguist Blanca María Prósper, who suggested it could explain the origins of the Volscian term declune. Prósper proposed that the dissimilation of "-n-n-" to "-l-n-" could explain the etymology of the term declune. Prósper, however, concedes that this theory is "daring."
Proper noun
[edit]*deknōnā
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *deknōnā | *deknōnās |
| vocative | *deknōna | *deknōnās |
| accusative | *deknōnam | *deknōnans |
| genitive | *deknōnās | *deknōnāzom |
| dative | *deknōnāi | *deknōnais |
| ablative | *deknōnād | *deknōnais |
| locative | *deknōnāi | *deknōnais |
Descendants
[edit]- Volscian: declune
References
[edit]- 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia[1], number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), pages 10-11: