Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/termenos

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 *térmn̥ (“peg, boundary post”).[1]

    Noun

    *termenos

    1. boundary stone

    Declension

    Declension of *termenos (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *termenos *termenōs, termenoi
    vocative *termene *termenōs, termenoi
    accusative *termenom *termenons
    genitive *termenosjo, termenī *termenom
    dative *termenōi *termenois
    ablative *termenōd *termenois
    locative *termenei *termenois

    Descendants

    • Latin: terminus (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: teremniss

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 615
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