Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/farβā

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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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Probably from earlier *farðā, which is reconstructed in *farβātos, from earlier *farðātos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (beard).

Noun

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*farβā f

  1. beard

Declension

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ā-stemDeclension of *farβā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *farβā *farβās
vocative *farβa *farβās
accusative *farβam *farβans
genitive *farβās *farβāzom
dative *farβāi *farβais
ablative *farβād *farβais
locative *farβāi *farβais

Descendants

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  • Latin: barba (with the initial /b-/ from assimilation)
  • Osco-Umbrian:

References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “barba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69