Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/līðrā

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

Weiss derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to pour”) suffixed with a femininization of the instrumental/resultative suffix *-dʰrom, under the assumption that the term originally meant "pouring (of metal)" before evolving to mean a unit of weight.[1]

Noun

*līðrā f

  1. ingot
  2. the weight of an ingot

Declension

Declension of *līðrā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *līðrā *līðrās
vocative *līðra *līðrās
accusative *līðram *līðrans
genitive *līðrās *līðrāzom
dative *līðrāi *līðrais
ablative *līðrād *līðrais
locative *līðrāi *līðrais

Reconstruction notes

  • De Vaan's reconstruction *leiθrā[2] does not make much sense given the Ancient Greek form, given neither Greek nor any Italic language monophthongized *ei to ī by the time the Italic word was borrowed into Greek.[1]

Descendants

  • Latin: lībra (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicel: *lītrā
    • → Ancient Greek: λίτρα (lítra) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Weiss, "The Etymology of Latin lībra", conference paper presented at the SCS Greek and Latin Linguistics Panel on January 5, 2021
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lībra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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