Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/termenos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (peg, boundary post).[1]

Noun[edit]

*termenos

  1. boundary stone

Declension[edit]

o-stemDeclension of *termenos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *termenos *termenōs, termenoi
vocative *termene *termenōs, termenoi
accusative *termenom *termenons
genitive *termenosjo, termenī *termenom
dative *termenōi *termenois
ablative *termenōd *termenois
locative *termenei *termenois

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: terminus (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: teremniss
  • Umbrian: termnas
  • Venetic: termonios

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 615