Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aiwotāts

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 *aiwom (“age”) +‎ *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-u- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

Noun

*aiwotāts f

  1. age

Declension

Declension of *aiwotāts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *aiwotāts *aiwotātes
vocative *aiwotāts *aiwotātes
accusative *aiwotātem *aiwotātens
genitive *aiwotātes, aiwotātos *aiwotātom
dative *aiwotātei *aiwotātβos
ablative *aiwotāti? aiwotāte? *aiwotātβos
locative *aiwotāti? aiwotāte? *aiwotātβos

Descendants

  • Latin: aevitās (perhaps; or rather restored after Latin aevum)
  • Proto-Italic: *aiotāts
    • Latin: aetās (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌔 (aítateís) (gen. sg.), 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌌 (aitatúm) (acc. sg.)
    • Paelignian: aetatu (acc. sg.?), aetate (abl. sg.)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aevus / aevum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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