Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Menerwā

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 *menes-wéh₂, from *ménos, from *men-.

Another hypothesis by Clayton (2024) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ménwr̥ (“thought”), from the same root above.

Proper noun

*Menerwā f

Minerva

Declension

Declension of *Menerwā (ā-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Menerwā	*Menerwās
vocative	*Menerwa	*Menerwās
accusative	*Menerwam	*Menerwans
genitive	*Menerwās	*Menerwāzom
dative	*Menerwāi	*Menerwais
ablative	*Menerwād	*Menerwais
locative	*Menerwāi	*Menerwais

Descendants

Faliscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀 (menerua, nom.sg., gen.sg., dat.sg.), 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀𐌉 (meneruai, dat.sg.)
Old Latin: Menerva, Menrva
- Latin: Minerva
- → Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (menerva) (borrowing from Faliscan or Umbrian also possible)
Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌄(𐌅𐌀𐌔) (menere(vas), gen.sg.)
Paelignian: minerua (dat.sg.?), mineruai (dat.sg.)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381
Benjamin W. Fortson (23 October 2017) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎^[1], volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 838-839
“Umbrian ⟨rs⟩ and ⟨rf⟩”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎^[2], volume 9, number 1 (quotation in English; overall work in English), 7 December 2021, →DOI, →ISSN, page 205
Benjamin W. Fortson (23 October 2017) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎^[3], volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 838-839
Clayton, John (2024). Minerva, caterva, & sonorant metathesis: Arguments against a sound law by Rix. East Coast Indo-European Conference, July 2, 2024, Athens, GA.