Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tāts

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Suffix

*-tāts f

1. used to form nouns representing state of being

   *aiwom (“age”) > *aiwotāts (“age”)

   *juwenis (“young”) > *juwentāts (“youth”)

   *nogʷedos (“naked”) > *nogʷetāts (“nudity”)

   *seɣwēros (“severe”) > *seɣwērotāts (“severity”)

   *wēros (“true”) > *wērotāts (“truth”)

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *-tāts (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*-tāts	*-tātes
vocative	*-tāts	*-tātes
accusative	*-tātem	*-tātens
genitive	*-tātes, -tātos	*-tātom
dative	*-tātei	*-tātəβos
ablative	*-tāti? -tāte?	*-tātəβos
locative	*-tāti? -tāte?	*-tātəβos

Derived terms

Proto-Italic terms suffixed with *-tāts

Descendants

• Latin: -tās (see there for further descendants)

• ⇒ *herent-tāts f (“Herentas, an Italic goddess”, noun)
  • Paelignian: (nom.sg.) herentas
  • Oscan:

    (gen.sg.) 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌔 (herentateis), 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔 (herettates)

    (dat.sg.) 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝 (herentateí), 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌉 (heretatei)

• ⇒ *louðor-tāts f (“liberty”, noun)
  • Latin: libertas
  • Faliscan: 𐌋𐌏𐌉𐌚𐌉𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏 (loifirtato)