Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ā

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 *-eh₂ (according to Fellner and Grestenberger, in a non-femininizing individualizing function).[1]

    Suffix

    *-ā m

    1. Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases.

    Suffix

    *-ā f

    1. Forms feminine nouns.

    Declension

    Declension of *-ā (ā-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *-ā *-ās
    vocative *-a *-ās
    accusative *-am *-ans
    genitive *-ās *-āzom
    dative *-āi *-ais
    ablative *-ād *-ais
    locative *-āi *-ais

    Descendants

    • Latin: -a
    • Sicel: -α (-a) (in εποπασκα (epopaska)[2])

    References

    1. ^ Fellner, Hannes, Grestenberger, Laura (2016) “Greek and Latin verbal governing compounds in *-ā and their prehistory”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander and Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag
    2. ^ Martzloff, Vincent (2022) “Sicule epopaska et l’inscription du Mendolito (Adrano): aspects institutionnels et phraséologiques [Sicel epopaska and the inscription of Mendolito (Adrano): institutional and phraseological aspects]”, in Alberto Calderini and Riccardo Massarelli, editors, Eqo Duenosio (in French), Perugia: Università degli Studi di Perugia, pages 663-676
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