Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/katerwā

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

A derivative of an s-stem noun *katos that also appears in Latin catēna (from *kateznā).[1]

Clayton (2024) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ḱátwr̥ (hostility).

Noun

*katerwā f

  1. company, band of people

Inflection

Declension of *katerwā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *katerwā *katerwās
vocative *katerwa *katerwās
accusative *katerwam *katerwans
genitive *katerwās *katerwāzom
dative *katerwāi *katerwais
ablative *katerwād *katerwais
locative *katerwāi *katerwais

Descendants

  • Latin: caterva
  • Umbrian: 𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌀𐌌𐌖 (kateramu), caterahamo (2pl. impv. passive)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caterva”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98