Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/magisteros

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

Origin unclear; either from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big”) or *meh₂- (“great”).

• If it is from *meh₂-, the -g- in Latino-Faliscan must have analogically spread from *magnos.
• If it is from *meǵh₂-, Sabellic and Venetic must have lost the *g via secondary processes.

Adjective

*magisteros

1. bigger, greater

Declension

Declension of *magisteros (o/ā-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*magisteros	*magisterā	*magisterom
vocative	*magistere	*magistera	*magisterom
accusative	*magisterom	*magisteram	*magisterom
genitive	*magisterosjo, magisterī	*magisterās	*magisterosjo, magisterī
dative	*magisterōi	*magisterāi	*magisterōi
ablative	*magisterōd	*magisterād	*magisterōd
locative	*magisterei	*magisterāi	*magisterei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*magisterōs, magisteroi	*magisterās	*magisterā
vocative	*magisterōs, magisteroi	*magisterās	*magisterā
accusative	*magisterons	*magisterans	*magisterā
genitive	*magisterom	*magisterāzōm	*magisterom
dative	*magisterois	*magisterais	*magisterois
ablative	*magisterois	*magisterais	*magisterois
locative	*magisterois	*magisterais	*magisterois

Alternative reconstructions

• *maisteros

Descendants

• ⇒ Faliscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌂𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌕𐌖 (macistratu, “magistracy”)
• Latin: magister (see there for further descendants)
• Umbrian: 𐌌𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌖 (mestru)
• ⇒ Venetic: 𐌌𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌓𐌁𐌏𐌔 (maisteratorbos)