Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rēgīnā

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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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Presumably metathesized from earlier *rēgnīā, rebuilt as an ā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂, cognate with Proto-Celtic *rīganī (queen), Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, queen).[1] Perhaps influenced by or alternatively from *rēks ~ *rēges (king) +‎ *-īnā (belonging to), compare Latin gallīna (hen) from gallus (cock, rooster).[2]

Noun

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*rēgīnā f

  1. queen
  2. An epithet of a goddess, such as Juno or Ceres.

Declension

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ā-stemDeclension of *rēgīnā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *rēgīnā *rēgīnās
vocative *rēgīna *rēgīnās
accusative *rēgīnam *rēgīnans
genitive *rēgīnās *rēgīnāzom
dative *rēgīnāi *rēgīnais
ablative *rēgīnād *rēgīnais
locative *rēgīnāi *rēgīnais

Descendants

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  • Latin: rēgīna (see there for further descendants)
  • Marrucinian: regenai (dat.)

References

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  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522