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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kortos

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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 *(s)kr̥tós (short), from *(s)ker- (to cut).[1]

Adjective

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*kortos

  1. shortened

Declension

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Declension of *kortos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kortos *kortā *kortom
vocative *korte *korta *kortom
accusative *kortom *kortam *kortom
genitive *kortosjo, kortī *kortās *kortosjo, kortī
dative *kortōi *kortāi *kortōi
ablative *kortōd *kortād *kortōd
locative *kortei *kortāi *kortei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kortōs, kortoi *kortās *kortā
vocative *kortōs, kortoi *kortās *kortā
accusative *kortons *kortans *kortā
genitive *kortom *kortāzōm *kortom
dative *kortois *kortais *kortois
ablative *kortois *kortais *kortois
locative *kortois *kortais *kortois

Descendants

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  • Latin: curtus (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “curtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158