Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tempos
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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 *temp- (“to stretch, string”), whence also templum (“shrine”). Originally the word meant "what is stretched, stretching" → "stretch (of time)" → "time, occasion". Or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”). Thus a section (of time). See also Latin temnō, tondeō, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō). Compare the etymology of English time.
- Note that as indicated by the the adverb temperī the noun would originally have declined like genus.
Noun
[edit]*tempos n
Declension
[edit]| consonant stemDeclension of *tempos (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| vocative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| accusative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| genitive | *tempezes, tempezos | *tempezom |
| dative | *tempezei | *tempezβos |
| ablative | *tempezi? tempeze? | *tempezβos |
| locative | *tempezi? tempeze? | *tempezβos |
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: tempus (see there for further descendants)