Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/neɣʷrō

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 *négʷʰrō.

Noun

*neɣʷrō m[1](Latino-Faliscan)

  1. kidney
  2. testicle

Declension

Declension of *neɣʷrō (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *neɣʷrō *neɣʷrōnes
vocative *neɣʷrō *neɣʷrōnes
accusative *neɣʷrōnem *neɣʷrōnens
genitive *neɣʷrōnes, neɣʷrōnos *neɣʷrōnom
dative *neɣʷrōnei *neɣʷrōnβos
ablative *neɣʷrōni? neɣʷrōne? *neɣʷrōnβos
locative *neɣʷrōni? neɣʷrōne? *neɣʷrōnβos

Reconstruction notes

  • Only attested in the plural in descendants.
  • Some authors[2] suggest that Latin rēn (“kidney”) is related to or derived from this word via metathesis, such as from earlier *regno- < *negro-. This is not well supported.

Descendants

  • Latino-Faliscan / Old Latin:
    • (uncertain classification as Latin) Lanuvian: nebrundinēs pl
    • (uncertain classification as Latin) Praenestine: nefrō̆nēs pl
    • ‘Ancients’: nefrundinēs pl; ? nefrendes pl (very likely conflated with forms from ne-frendo, vowel lengths unknown for comparison)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nefronēs, nefrundinēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 404–405
  2. ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1962) “Principles of etymological research in the Indo-European languages”, in Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft (II. Fachtagung für indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft), volume 15, Innsbruck: Sprachwissenschaftliche Institut der Leopold-Franzens-Universität, →OCLC, page 193-4 of 175–212
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