arsmor

Umbrian

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Etymology

Unknown.

• Poultney suggests a Proto-Italic form *ad-mōr-, although the linguist Nicholas Zair considers this impossible as /d/ shifts to /rs/ only when placed between vowels in Umbrian.
• Unterman suggests a Proto-Italic form *ado-mo-, although Zair considers it unlikely for the suffix *-mo- to be added to thematic stems.
• Zair suggests that a Proto-Italic form *adi-mo- or *adu-mo- is more likely than *ad-mo-. Although, he concedes that there is no comparative evidence for this proposal and it is unlikely to be cognate with Middle Irish adma.
• Zair suggests that a Proto-Italic form *arsmo- is more likely than any form prefixed with *ad- as he considers it unlikely for the sequence /rs/ to emerge from /d/.
• Bader suggests that a form *ard-smo- and *ard(i)-mo-. Bader connects this with Latin ōrdō, from *h₂er-. Zair considers the former suggestion to be possible assuming the loss of /d/, although he considers the second possibility to be unacceptable. Zair suggests however, that the appearance of /d/ at all in the root is inexplicable.
• Perhaps connected to the Ancient Greek ἄρσιον (ársion), Ancient Greek ἀνάρσιος (anársios), and Ancient Greek δίκαιον (díkaion). Perhaps from *h₁rs-mo-.
• Zair suggests that the term refers to herds of cattle; he suggests it may be cognate with Latin armenta. He proposes that both terms originate from a root *ar-smṇ-, suffixed with *-mn̥. He proposes that the Latin term derived from a substantivized neuter which resulted in the suffix -mento, while the Umbrian derived from *ar-smo-, from *ar-smn-o-. Ultimately from *h₂er-.

Noun

arsmor n (nominative plural) (late Iguvine)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   • sacred ordinances, religious rites, priesthoods
   • assemblies (equivalent to Latin curia)
   • institutions, political institutions, social institutions
   • herds of (large) cattle

Usage notes

The linguist Nicholas Zair interprets the term as netuer.

Declension

• (accusative plural) l.Ig. arsmo

Related terms

• arsier
• arsmatia
• 𐌀𐌓𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌖 (armamu)
• 𐌀𐌛𐌌𐌖𐌌𐌄 (ařmume)

References

• Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
• Nicholas Zair (2024) Indo-European Interfaces: Integrating Linguistics, Mythology and Archaeology‎^[2], volume 1, Stockholm University Press, →ISBN, page 258
• Lionel S. Joseph (1986) “A Survival from the Italo-Celtic Legal Vocabulary”, in Ériu‎^[3], volume 37, →ISSN, pages 119–125