Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fontis

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 *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”) suffixed by *-tis.[1] The o-grade and masculine gender are unexpected; they may have been due to contamination from some other now-lost derivative(s) of that root where the o-grade and/or masculine gender is expected.

    An alternative way to get around these morphological problems is to instead reconstruct *fwonts, an *-onts formation. The root in this case could be either *dʰew- (“to run, flow”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”).[2]

    Noun

    *fontis m

    1. spring, well

    Inflection

    Declension of *fontis (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *fontis *fontēs
    vocative *fontis *fontēs
    accusative *fontim *fontins
    genitive *fonteis *fontjom
    dative *fontei *fontiβos
    ablative *fontīd *fontiβos
    locative *fontei *fontiβos

    Derived terms

    • *font-elos
      • Umbrian: 𐌅𐌖𐌍𐌕𐌋𐌄𐌓𐌄 (vuntlere), fondlire (a locale in Iguvium; abl. pl. with postposition)

    Descendants

    • Latin: fōns (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ 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 230-231
    2. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “U. fondlir”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 301
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