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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/deksteros

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *deḱs-.

Adjective

*deksteros [1]

  1. right (side, direction)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: dexter
  • Oscan: [script needed] (destr-st)
  • Umbrian: [script needed] (testru); with enclitic prepositions destram-e, [script needed] (testre e), destre, [script needed] (testru-ku), destru-co

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
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