Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/karō
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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]From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kér(H)-ō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Noun
[edit]*karō f
Declension
[edit]It is uncertain whether the lack of vowel between the root and the nasal in the oblique stem is original or secondarily obtained in the daughter languages by syncope. De Vaan leans towards syncope.[1]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karō | *kar(o)nes |
| vocative | *karō | *kar(o)nes |
| accusative | *kar(o)nem | *kar(o)nens |
| genitive | *kar(o)nes, kar(o)nos | *kar(o)nom |
| dative | *kar(o)nei | *kar(o)nβos |
| ablative | *kar(o)ni? kar(o)ne? | *kar(o)nβos |
| locative | *kar(o)ni? kar(o)ne? | *kar(o)nβos |
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: carō (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: karneis (genitive singular)
- Umbrian: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94