Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/auktōr

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 *h₂ewg- (to grow) +‎ *-tōr (agent suffix).

    Noun

    *auktōr m[1]

    1. an authority figure

    Inflection

    Declension of *auktōr (consonant stem)
    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

    1. ^ 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