Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/iðei

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 the Proto-Indo-European pronominal root *i- and an uncertain second element, see reconstruction notes.

Adverb

*iðei^[1]

there

Reconstruction notes

Latin would phonetically suggest *iβei, but a comparison to Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰá (“here”) would imply that the adverb was originally *iðei with the b from ubi (“where”), where *ð could regularly become Latin -b- due to a preceding u.

Descendants

Latin: ibī
Umbrian: 𐌉𐌚𐌄 (ife), ife

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ibī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ibī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295

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