Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tektom

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

Substantivization of *tektos, past participle of *tegō (“to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).

Noun

*tektom n[1]

  1. roof
  2. dwelling, shelter

Declension

Declension of *tektom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tektom *tektā
vocative *tektom *tektā
accusative *tektom *tektā
genitive *tektosjo, *tektī *tektom
dative *tektōi *tektois
ablative *tektōd *tektois
locative *tektei *tektois

Descendants

  • Latin: tēctum (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Umbrian: tettome (acc. sg. with postposition)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 608

Further reading

  • Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “U. tettom”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 750
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