Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/djēkelos

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 *djē- (generalized from the acc. sg. of *djous) +‎ *-kelos (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

*djēkelos m

  1. day

Declension

Declension of *djēkelos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *djēkelos *djēkelōs, djēkeloi
vocative *djēkele *djēkelōs, djēkeloi
accusative *djēkelom *djēkelons
genitive *djēkelosjo, djēkelī *djēkelom
dative *djēkelōi *djēkelois
ablative *djēkelōd *djēkelois
locative *djēkelei *djēkelois

Descendants

  • Latin: diēcula (with gender shift due to fluctuation in the gender of diēs)
  • Oscan: zicolom (acc. sg.; gen. pl.), ziculud (abl. sg.), zicelei (loc. sg.)
  • >? Umbrian: 𐌕𐌉𐌜𐌄𐌋 (tiçel, nom. sg.), 𐌕𐌉𐌜𐌋𐌖 (tiçlu, abl. sg.) (if not related to *deikō (to show, say))

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “diēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170