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Umbrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Disputed.
- Read as /ajom/ n sg, from Proto-Italic *ag-jom, from Proto-Indo-European *hโeวต-yo-. Compare also Latin (prod)igium (โomen, prodigyโ) and aiล (โto sayโ).[1]
- Read as /ajฤฬ/ n pl, ultimately related to Latin agล (โto doโ).[2]
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Noun[edit]
๐๐๐ โข (aiu) (early Iguvine, hapax)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
References[edit]
- ^ Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) โaiuโ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 2
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) โaiuโ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 327
Further reading[edit]
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) โaiล, aฤซฬsโ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โISBN, page 31f.