Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/swai

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 an innovated thematic feminine locative singular[1] of Proto-Indo-European *swΓ©.[2]

Conjunction

*swai

  1. if
    Synonym: *sei

Descendants

  • Oscan: πŒ”πŒ…πŒ€πŒ (svaΓ­), πŒ”πŒ…πŒ€πŒ‰ (svai), suae
  • South Picene: πŒ”πŒ–πŒ€πŒ‰ (suai)
  • Umbrian: πŒ”πŒ…πŒ„ (sve), sue

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œsΔ«, sΔ«c”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 561
  2. ^ Untermann, JΓΌrgen (2000) WΓΆrterbuch Des Oskisch-Umbrischen (in German), Universitatsverlag C. Winter Heidelberg, page 726