Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/egō

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 *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

*egō^[1]^[2]

I (first-person singular)

Declension

Declension of personal pronouns
singular	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*egō	*tū	—
accusative	*mē	*tē	*sē
genitive	*mei	*tei	*sei
dative	*meɣei	*teβei	*seβei
ablative	*med	*ted	*sed

possessive	*meos	*towos	*sowos

plural	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*nōs	*wōs	—
accusative	*nōs	*wōs	*sē
genitive	*nosterom	*westerom	*sei
dative	*nōβei	*wōβei	*seβei
ablative	*nōβei	*wōβei	*sed

possessive	*nosteros	*westeros	*sowos

Descendants

Faliscan: 𐌄𐌒𐌏 (eqo), 𐌄𐌊𐌏 (eko), 𐌄𐌂𐌏 (eco)
Latin: ego
South Picene: 𐌄𐌊𐌞 (ekú)
Umbrian: mehe (dative singular)^[3]
(Possibly) Venetic: 𐌄𐌙𐌏 (ego)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “egō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368
^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1], page 139

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “egō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368

[3] Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1], page 139

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