Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tos

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

Alternative forms

  • *-sos (after a dental)

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *-tós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).

    Adjective

    *-tos[1]

    1. Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

    Declension

    Declension of *-tos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-tos *-tā *-tom
    vocative *-te *-ta *-tom
    accusative *-tom *-tam *-tom
    genitive *-tosjo, -tī *-tās *-tosjo, -tī
    dative *-tōi *-tāi *-tōi
    ablative *-tōd *-tād *-tōd
    locative *-tei *-tāi *-tei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-tōs, -toi *-tās *-tā
    vocative *-tōs, -toi *-tās *-tā
    accusative *-tons *-tans *-tā
    genitive *-tom *-tāzōm *-tom
    dative *-tois *-tais *-tois
    ablative *-tois *-tais *-tois
    locative *-tois *-tais *-tois

    Descendants

    • Faliscan: -𐌕𐌏𐌔 (-tos)
    • Latin: -tus, -sus (almost all perfect past participles (except e.g. mortuus and derivates (dēmortuus, ēmortuus etc.)))

    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