Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kertsnā

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 *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *kert-, an extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[1]

Noun

*kertsnā f

  1. meal

Inflection

Declension of *kertsnā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kertsnā *kertsnās
vocative *kertsna *kertsnās
accusative *kertsnam *kertsnans
genitive *kertsnās *kertsnāzom
dative *kertsnāi *kertsnais
ablative *kertsnād *kertsnais
locative *kertsnāi *kertsnais
  • *kersnā-āsios
    • Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌔 (kerssnasias, nominative plural feminine)

Descendants

  • Latin: cesna, cēna
  • Osco-Umbrian:
    • Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌍𐌖 (kersnu)
    • Umbrian: śesna

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
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