Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/enðeros

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 *(H)n̥dʰéros,[1] from *(H)n̥dʰér + *-os.

Adjective

*enðeros (comparative *enðerjōs, superlative *enðerisemos)

  1. low
    Synonym: *hom(i)teros

Inflection

Declension of *enðeros (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *enðeros *enðerā *enðerom
vocative *enðere *enðera *enðerom
accusative *enðerom *enðeram *enðerom
genitive *enðerosjo, enðerī *enðerās *enðerosjo, enðerī
dative *enðerōi *enðerāi *enðerōi
ablative *enðerōd *enðerād *enðerōd
locative *enðerei *enðerāi *enðerei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *enðerōs, enðeroi *enðerās *enðerā
vocative *enðerōs, enðeroi *enðerās *enðerā
accusative *enðerons *enðerans *enðerā
genitive *enðerom *enðerāzōm *enðerom
dative *enðerois *enðerais *enðerois
ablative *enðerois *enðerais *enðerois
locative *enðerois *enðerais *enðerois

Descendants

  • Latin: īnferus (“low(er)”), īnfrā (“below”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Faliscan: 𐌉𐌅𐌓𐌀 (ifra, “below”)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “īnferus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
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