Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/minōs
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Proto-Italic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix). The appearance of *min- instead of the expected *mejj- is due to influence from the related verb *minuō (“to lessen”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*minōs
Declension
[edit]Declension of *minōs (consonant-stem comparative adjective)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *minōs | *minōs | *minos |
Vocative | *minōs | *minōs | *minos |
Accusative | *minōzem | *minōzem | *minos |
Genitive | *minōzes, minōzos | *minōzes, minōzos | *minōzes, minōzos |
Dative | *minōzei | *minōzei | *minōzei |
Ablative | *minōzi? minōze? | *minōzi? minōze? | *minōzi? minōze? |
Locative | *minōzi? minōze? | *minōzi? minōze? | *minōzi? minōze? |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *minōzes | *minōzes | *minōzā |
Vocative | *minōzes | *minōzes | *minōzā |
Accusative | *minōzens | *minōzens | *minōzā |
Genitive | *minōzom | *minōzom | *minōzom |
Dative | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos |
Ablative | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos |
Locative | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos | *minōzəβos |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “minor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 381-382