Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aliteros

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 or equivalent to *aljos (“another”) +‎ *-teros (contrastive suffix).^[1] Possible piecewise doublet of *olteros, whence Latin ulter.

Adjective

*aliteros^[2]^[3]^[4]

other (of two)
Synonym: *eteros

Reconstruction notes

De Vaan rejects the usual reconstruction *aliteros due to being unable to come up with a morphological basis for the medial -i-, instead reconstructing *alteros.^[1]

Inflection

Declension of *aliteros (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*aliteros	*aliterā	*aliterom
vocative	*alitere	*alitera	*aliterom
accusative	*aliterom	*aliteram	*aliterom
genitive	*aliterosjo, aliterī	*aliterās	*aliterosjo, aliterī
dative	*aliterōi	*aliterāi	*aliterōi
ablative	*aliterōd	*aliterād	*aliterōd
locative	*aliterei	*aliterāi	*aliterei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*aliterōs, aliteroi	*aliterās	*aliterā
vocative	*aliterōs, aliteroi	*aliterās	*aliterā
accusative	*aliterons	*aliterans	*aliterā
genitive	*aliterom	*aliterāzōm	*aliterom
dative	*aliterois	*aliterais	*aliterois
ablative	*aliterois	*aliterais	*aliterois
locative	*aliterois	*aliterais	*aliterois

Alternative reconstructions

*alteros

Descendants

Latin: alter (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: 𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 (alttram), 𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌝 (alttreí), altrei, atrud

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “alius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000), “O. alttram”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 82
^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 285
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 40

[De_Vaan-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “alius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34

[2] Untermann, Jürgen (2000), “O. alttram”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 82

[3] Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 285

[4] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 40

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