Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tristos

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 *trito-sth₂-o-s (“third [person] standing”), from *tri- (“three”) +‎ *steh₂- (“to stand”).[1] An identical formation also underlies Old Irish tris (“third”).

Noun

*tristos m

  1. witness

Inflection

Declension of *tristos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tristos *tristōs, tristoi
vocative *triste *tristōs, tristoi
accusative *tristom *tristons
genitive *tristosjo, tristī *tristom
dative *tristōi *tristois
ablative *tristōd *tristois
locative *tristei *tristois

Descendants

  • Latin: testis (with secondary shift to the i-stems)
  • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌔𐌕𐌖𐌔 (trstus, nom. pl)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “testis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 618
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