Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rēgīnā
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Proto-Italic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presumably metathesized from earlier *rēgnīā, rebuilt as an ā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂, cognate with Proto-Celtic *rīganī (“queen”), Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”).[1] Perhaps influenced by or alternatively from *rēks ~ *rēges (“king”) + *-īnā (“belonging to”), compare Latin gallīna (“hen”) from gallus (“cock, rooster”).[2]
Noun
[edit]*rēgīnā f
Declension
[edit]ā-stemDeclension of *rēgīnā (ā-stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *rēgīnā | *rēgīnās |
vocative | *rēgīna | *rēgīnās |
accusative | *rēgīnam | *rēgīnans |
genitive | *rēgīnās | *rēgīnāzom |
dative | *rēgīnāi | *rēgīnais |
ablative | *rēgīnād | *rēgīnais |
locative | *rēgīnāi | *rēgīnais |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522