Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/auti

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 *hβ‚‚ew.

Conjunction

*auti

  1. either, or.

Derived terms

  • *autΔ« (extended by a particle)
    • Oscan: auti
    • Umbrian: πŒ–πŒ•πŒ„ (ute), πŒπŒ•πŒ„ (ote)

Descendants

  • Latin: aut, autem
  • Oscan: πŒ€πŒ…πŒ• (avt), πŒ€πŒ–πŒ• (aut)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œaut”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 64