Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/līðrā
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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]Weiss derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to pour”) suffixed with a femininization of the instrumental/resultative suffix *-dʰrom, under the assumption that the term originally meant "pouring (of metal)" before evolving to mean a unit of weight.[1]
Noun
[edit]*līðrā f
Declension
[edit]| ā-stemDeclension of *līðrā (ā-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *līðrā | *līðrās |
| vocative | *līðra | *līðrās |
| accusative | *līðram | *līðrans |
| genitive | *līðrās | *līðrāzom |
| dative | *līðrāi | *līðrais |
| ablative | *līðrād | *līðrais |
| locative | *līðrāi | *līðrais |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- De Vaan's reconstruction *leiθrā[2] does not make much sense given the Ancient Greek form, given neither Greek nor any Italic language monophthongized *ei to ī by the time the Italic word was borrowed into Greek.[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: lībra (see there for further descendants)
- Sicel: *lītrā
- → Ancient Greek: λίτρα (lítra) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Weiss, "The Etymology of Latin lībra", conference paper presented at the SCS Greek and Latin Linguistics Panel on January 5, 2021
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lībra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339