Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/nerteros

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

Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐνέρτερος, νέρτερος (enérteros, nérteros, lower), Proto-Germanic *nurþraz (north), Sanskrit नरक (naraka, Hell), and Old Armenian ներքին (nerkʻin).[1]

Adjective

*nerteros[2]

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    Antonym: *deksteros

Declension

Declension of *nerteros (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nerteros *nerterā *nerterom
vocative *nertere *nertera *nerterom
accusative *nerterom *nerteram *nerterom
genitive *nerterosjo, nerterī *nerterās *nerterosjo, nerterī
dative *nerterōi *nerterāi *nerterōi
ablative *nerterōd *nerterād *nerterōd
locative *nerterei *nerterāi *nerterei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nerterōs, nerteroi *nerterās *nerterā
vocative *nerterōs, nerteroi *nerterās *nerterā
accusative *nerterons *nerterans *nerterā
genitive *nerterom *nerterāzōm *nerterom
dative *nerterois *nerterais *nerterois
ablative *nerterois *nerterais *nerterois
locative *nerterois *nerterais *nerterois

Descendants

  • Oscan: 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌊 (nertrak, abl. sg.)
  • Umbrian: nertru (abl. sg.), (with postposition) 𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌖𐌊𐌖 (netruku), nertruco

References

  1. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 492
  2. ^ Drigo, Jasmim (2016) Síncope Vocálica na Itália antiga [Vowel Syncope in Ancient Italy] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, →DOI, page 63