Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fāmā

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 *bʰéh₂meh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”).

Noun

*fāmā f[1]

  1. something said about another

Declension

Declension of *fāmā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fāmā *fāmās
vocative *fāma *fāmās
accusative *fāmam *fāmans
genitive *fāmās *fāmāzom
dative *fāmāi *fāmais
ablative *fāmād *fāmais
locative *fāmāi *fāmais

Reconstruction notes

Reconstructing a concrete meaning of this word is difficult due to the greatly divergent meanings between Oscan (which has a derivative meaning "order") and its cognates in Latin and Greek.

Derived terms

  • *fām-āō (denominative verb)
    • Oscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌕 (faamat, 3sg. pres.), 𐌚𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌕 (faammant, 3pl. pres.), 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌄𐌃 (famatted), 𐌚𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌃 (faamated, 3sg. perf.)
      • ⇒ Oscan: αfααματεδ (afaamated), αfαματεδ (afamated, 3sg. perf.)

Descendants

  • Latin: fāma (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “O. faamat”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 253
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