Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kleitrā

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 *ḱléytreh₂, or independently from *ḱley- (“to lean”) +‎ *-trom (instrument noun suffix), and then femininized (perhaps from the collective).

Noun

*kleitrā f[1]

  1. A type of equipment for supporting another entity sitting upon it.

Declension

Declension of *kleitrā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kleitrā *kleitrās
vocative *kleitra *kleitrās
accusative *kleitram *kleitrans
genitive *kleitrās *kleitrāzom
dative *kleitrāi *kleitrais
ablative *kleitrād *kleitrais
locative *kleitrāi *kleitrais

Derived terms

  • *kleitr-elā (diminutive)
    • Latin: clītellae (“pack-saddle”)

Descendants

  • Umbrian: 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kletram, acc. sg.), 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌀 (kletra, abl. sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clītellae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
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