Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/termenos

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 Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“peg, boundary post”).[1]

Noun

*termenos

  1. boundary stone

Declension

Declension of *termenos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *termenos *termenōs, termenoi
vocative *termene *termenōs, termenoi
accusative *termenom *termenons
genitive *termenosjo, termenī *termenom
dative *termenōi *termenois
ablative *termenōd *termenois
locative *termenei *termenois

Descendants

  • Latin: terminus (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: teremniss

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 615
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