Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/arjēts

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”). Cognate with Old Irish heirp (“kid”), erb, Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos).[1]

Noun

*arjēts m

  1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of *arjēts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *arjēts *arjētes
vocative *arjēts *arjētes
accusative *arjētem *arjētens
genitive *arjētes, arjētos *arjētom
dative *arjētei *arjētβos
ablative *arjēti? arjēte? *arjētβos
locative *arjēti? arjēte? *arjētβos

Reconstruction notes

  • The e in Umbrian is of unclear origin; De Vaan, among other possibilities, attributes it to assimilation of the first syllable to the second, or a trace of a previously ablauting base.

Descendants

  • Latin: ariēs (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: 𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌄𐌕𐌖 (erietu, acc. sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ariēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
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