Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷītā
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Proto-Italic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) [accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum)]), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Noun[edit]
*gʷītā f[1]
Declension[edit]
ā-stemDeclension of *gʷītā (ā-stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *gʷītā | *gʷītās |
vocative | *gʷīta | *gʷītās |
accusative | *gʷītam | *gʷītans |
genitive | *gʷītās | *gʷītāzom |
dative | *gʷītāi | *gʷītais |
ablative | *gʷītād | *gʷītais |
locative | *gʷītāi | *gʷītais |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN