Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷuðei

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷu- (where). Delabialization is expected before *u, but Osco-Umbrian reflexes indicate restoration of the labiovelar.

Adverb

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*kʷuðei

  1. where

Reconstruction notes

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Whether the medial consonant was or cannot be determined from the daughter languages alone, since all of them merge and in this context. External comparison is required to guess which one.

Descendants

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  • Latin: ubī
  • Osco-Umbrian:

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ubī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 636