Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ad

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”).

Preposition

*ad

1. toward, to, on, up to, for

Descendants

• Latin: ad (see there for further descendants)
• Osco-Umbrian:
  • Oscan: ad-, ⇒ 𐌀𐌆 (az) (*ad-s)
  • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌛- (ař-), -𐌀𐌛 (-ař)
  • South Picene: ad-
  • Volscian: ar-

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ad”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24