Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/poplos

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

Origin unknown. Whatmough compares the Etruscan toponym 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna), though this does not provide much further insight. A connection to *plēō (“to fill”), via a reduplicated form *po-plh₁-o-s is phonetically possible, albeit strange and semantically unclear,[1] but compare Proto-Germanic *fulką (possibly) and Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos) from this root.

Noun

*poplos m

  1. army

Inflection

Declension of *poplos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *poplos *poplōs, poploi
vocative *pople *poplōs, poploi
accusative *poplom *poplons
genitive *poplosjo, poplī *poplom
dative *poplōi *poplois
ablative *poplōd *poplois
locative *poplei *poplois

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Latin: poplos, poplus, populus
    • Latin: populus (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puplum) and poplom (nom. sg.), 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖 (puplu) and poplo (acc. sg.), popler (gen. sg.), pople (dat., loc. sg.), poplu (abl. sg.)
    • ⇒ Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌄𐌓 (pupluper) and popluper ('able-bodied citizens', abl. sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “populus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480

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