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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/imā

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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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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (copy, image). Cognate with *aimos.[1]

Noun

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*imā f

  1. copy

Inflection

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Declension of *imā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *imā *imās
vocative *ima *imās
accusative *imam *imans
genitive *imās *imāzom
dative *imāi *imais
ablative *imād *imais
locative *imāi *imais

Descendants

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  • Latin: imitor, imāgō
  • South Picene: imih

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “imāgō, -inis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298