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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/petnā

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 *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), from *peth₂- (to fly). The oblique stem of the original noun was extended with ā-stem endings; compare Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather), which was similarly extended, but from the nominative stem.

The original PIE nominative stem is preserved in Latin accipiter < *aku-peter "sharp wing", "keen wing".

Noun

*petnā f [1]

  1. feather
  2. wing

Declension

ā-stemDeclension of *petnā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *petnā *petnās
vocative *petna *petnās
accusative *petnām, -am *petnans
genitive *petnās *petnāzom
dative *petnāi *petnais
ablative *petnād *petnais
locative *petnāi *petnais

Descendants

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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