Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/supo

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 *upó.[1] Irregular s- sometimes traced to *h₁eǵʰs (“out”).[2]

    Preposition

    *supo

    1. under

    Descendants

    • Latin: sub (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: συπ (sup)[3]
    • Umbrian: 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌖 (supu), su

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sub, su(b)s”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 594-5
    2. ^ When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European,
    3. ^ Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 210
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