Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Fatowos

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 "of speech", from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-tus ~ *bʰh₂-téws (“speech”), from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).[1]

Proper noun

*Fatowos m

  1. Fatuus, an Italic god who predicts the future

Declension

Declension of *Fatowos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *Fatowos *Fatowōs, Fatowoi
vocative *Fatowe *Fatowōs, Fatowoi
accusative *Fatowom *Fatowons
genitive *Fatowosjo, Fatowī *Fatowom
dative *Fatowōi *Fatowois
ablative *Fatowōd *Fatowois
locative *Fatowei *Fatowois

Descendants

  • Latin: Fatuus (divine name), fatuus (“silly, foolish”)
  • Oscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌄𐌝𐌔 (fatuveís, gen. sg.), fατοϝε (fatowe, voc. sg.)
  • → Etruscan: (borrowed from an Italic language) 𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌔 (fatuvs)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fatuus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205
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