Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pōtos

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

Reconstruction

The expected outcome of inherited *ph₃tós would be *patos (with *CHC > *CəC > *CaC; compare *katos from PIE *ḱh₃tós); therefore *pōtos must either be independently derived from the root or result from the spread of *pō- throughout the paradigm (being reanalyzed as the root).[Note 1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós ((having been) drunk; having drunk), derived from the root *peh₃- (to drink).
Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *potós and Sanskrit पीत (pitá).

Adjective

*pōtos[1]

  1. drunk

Declension

Declension of *pōtos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *pōtos *pōtā *pōtom
vocative *pōte *pōta *pōtom
accusative *pōtom *pōtam *pōtom
genitive *pōtosjo, pōtī *pōtās *pōtosjo, pōtī
dative *pōtōi *pōtāi *pōtōi
ablative *pōtōd *pōtād *pōtōd
locative *pōtei *pōtāi *pōtei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *pōtōs, pōtoi *pōtās *pōtā
vocative *pōtōs, pōtoi *pōtās *pōtā
accusative *pōtons *pōtans *pōtā
genitive *pōtom *pōtāzōm *pōtom
dative *pōtois *pōtais *pōtois
ablative *pōtois *pōtais *pōtois
locative *pōtois *pōtais *pōtois
  • *pibō
  • *pōtlom (drinking cup)

Descendants

  • Latin: pōtus
    • Italian: poto
    • Latin: pōtō (see there for further descendants)

Notes

  1. ^ De Vaan explains: “The full grade of [Latin] pōtus ‘drunk’ must have been introduced from the root aorist. Pōtus and pō-culum have caused the spread of pō- in the other derivatives.”

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pōtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485:PIt. *pōto- ‘drunk’