Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/terzā

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 *terseh₂ (“dry land”), from *ters- (“dry”).[1]

Noun

*terzā f

  1. earth
    Antonym: *kailom

Declension

Declension of *terzā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *terzā *terzās
vocative *terza *terzās
accusative *terzam *terzans
genitive *terzās *terzāzom
dative *terzāi *terzais
ablative *terzād *terzais
locative *terzāi *terzais

Descendants

  • Latin: terra
  • Oscan: 𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌀𐌔 (teras, gen. sg. or nom. pl.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “terra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 616
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