Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/auktōr
Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to grow”) + *-tōr (agent suffix).
Noun
*auktōr m[1]
- an authority figure
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *auktōr | *auktōres |
| vocative | *auktōr | *auktōres |
| accusative | *auktōrem | *auktōrens |
| genitive | *auktōres, auktōros | *auktōrom |
| dative | *auktōrei | *auktōrβos |
| ablative | *auktōri? auktōre? | *auktōrβos |
| locative | *auktōri? auktōre? | *auktōrβos |
Descendants
- Latin: auctor (see there for further descendants)
- >? Umbrian: 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌖𐌓 (uhtur) (possibly borrowed from Latin)
References
- ^ Weiss, Michael (2010) Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy: The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae (Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe), Brill, →ISBN, page 76
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN