Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/supo

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *upó.^[1] Irregular s- sometimes traced to *h₁eǵʰs (“out”).^[2]

Alternative forms

*eks-upo

Preposition

*supo

under

Descendants

Latin: sub (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Latin: subtus
Oscan: συπ (sup)^[3]
Umbrian: 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌖 (supu), su

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sub, su(b)s”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 594-5
^ When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European,
^ Buck, Carl (1904), A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 210

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sub, su(b)s”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 594-5

[2] When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European,

[3] Buck, Carl (1904), A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 210

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