Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/genatā

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 *genatos (“born, *child?”), whence Latin genitus, see there for more.

Proper noun

*genatā f (ā-stem)

1. Theonym or epithet of an Italic goddess of birth and/or children.

Reconstruction notes

• The second -𐌄- (-e-) in the Samnite outcome is unexpected, which sheds doubt on either the nativity of the term or the proposed etymology.

Descendants

• Latin: Mana Genita, Geneta Mana
• Oscan:

  Samnite: 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌅𐌀𐌝·𐌂𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌀𐌝 (Deívaí Cenetaí, dat.sg.)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261

Further reading

• Mana Genita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia