Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/menssā
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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 a past participle *menssos of a verb *mētjōr (“to measure”) formed by analogy to that of *pendō (whence Latin pendō, pēnsus).[1] In turn, *mētjōr is a derivative of *mētis (“measurement”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun
[edit]*menssā f
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *menssā | *menssās |
| vocative | *menssa | *menssās |
| accusative | *menssam | *menssans |
| genitive | *menssās | *menssāzom |
| dative | *menssāi | *menssais |
| ablative | *menssād | *menssais |
| locative | *menssāi | *menssais |
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: mēnsa (“table”) (see there for further descendants)
- Umbrian: 𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌀 (mefa, “a type of sacrificial item”)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372