Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-kʷe

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 *-kʷe.

Suffix

*-kʷe[1]

  1. and
    Synonym: *et
  2. Forms distributives from interrogatives.

Descendants

  • Faliscan: -𐌂𐌖𐌄 (-cue)
  • Old Latin: -𐌒𐌖𐌄
  • Oscan: -𐌐 (-p), -𐌐𐌄 (-pe)
  • Umbrian: -𐌐 (-p)
  • (possibly) Venetic: -𐌊𐌅𐌄 (-kve)

References

  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