Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/faβros

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 earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂bʰ-ró-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fashion, fit”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good, fit”), Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban, “to happen; to be suitable”), English daft, deft.

Noun

*faβros m

  1. craftsman

Declension

Declension of *faβros (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *faβros *faβrōs, faβroi
vocative *faβre *faβrōs, faβroi
accusative *faβrom *faβrons
genitive *faβrosjo, faβrī *faβrom
dative *faβrōi *faβrois
ablative *faβrōd *faβrois
locative *faβrei *faβrois

Descendants

  • Latin: faber
  • Paelignian: faber

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
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