Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tāts

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 *-teh₂ts.

    Suffix

    *-tāts f

    1. used to form nouns representing state of being
      *aiwom (age) > *aiwotāts (age)
      *juwenis (young) > *juwentāts (youth)
      *nogʷedos (naked) > *nogʷetāts (nudity)
      *seɣwēros (severe) > *seɣwērotāts (severity)
      *wēros (true) > *wērotāts (truth)

    Declension

    Declension of *-tāts (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *-tāts *-tātes
    vocative *-tāts *-tātes
    accusative *-tātem *-tātens
    genitive *-tātes, -tātos *-tātom
    dative *-tātei *-tātβos
    ablative *-tāti? -tāte? *-tātβos
    locative *-tāti? -tāte? *-tātβos

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: -tās (see there for further descendants)
    • *herent-tāts f (Herentas, an Italic goddess, noun)
      • Paelignian: (nom.sg.) herentas
      • Oscan:
        (gen.sg.) 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌔 (herentateis), 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔 (herettates)
        (dat.sg.) 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝 (herentateí), 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌉 (heretatei)
    • *louðor-tāts f (liberty, noun)