Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ātros

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 an adjective derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”), with the colour sense arising from the colour of the soot made by a fire. De Vaan finds such a semantic shift hard to believe, but he cannot find any alternative etymologies.[1]

Adjective

*ātros

  1. black

Declension

Declension of *ātros (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ātros *ātrā *ātrom
vocative *ātre *ātra *ātrom
accusative *ātrom *ātram *ātrom
genitive *ātrosjo, ātrī *ātrās *ātrosjo, ātrī
dative *ātrōi *ātrāi *ātrōi
ablative *ātrōd *ātrād *ātrōd
locative *ātrei *ātrāi *ātrei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ātrōs, ātroi *ātrās *ātrā
vocative *ātrōs, ātroi *ātrās *ātrā
accusative *ātrons *ātrans *ātrā
genitive *ātrom *ātrāzōm *ātrom
dative *ātrois *ātrais *ātrois
ablative *ātrois *ātrais *ātrois
locative *ātrois *ātrais *ātrois
  • *ād/tros
    • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru), adro (acc. pl. n.), adrir, adrer (abl. pl. n.)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “āter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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