Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/trabs

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 *treb-.

Noun

*trabs

wooden beam

Reconstruction notes

The term *trēb- may have been a derivative of this term or a separate derivative of the same Proto-Indo-Euorpean root. De Vaan suggests that the Oscan stem *trēb- may have derived from the verb *treb- as the Oscan terms are more similar in meaning to the Umbrian verb.

Declension

Declension of *trabs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*trabs	*trabses
vocative	*trabs	*trabses
accusative	*trabsem	*trabsens
genitive	*trabses, trabsos	*trabsom
dative	*trabsei	*trabsβos
ablative	*trabsi? trabse?	*trabsβos
locative	*trabsi? trabse?	*trabsβos

Derived terms

*trēb- (“house”)
- Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌝𐌁𐌞𐌌 (trííbúm, “house”), 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌖𐌃 (tríbud), τρειβωμ (treibōm)
- *trēb-ark-āō (“to be a house-builder”)
  - Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌅𐌞𐌌 (tríbarakavúm)
- *trēb-ō/ūn-s-
  - Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌖𐌚 (tríbuf)
*treb- (“to build, dwell”, verb)
- Umbrian: *treb-ī/ĕ/ĭe-
  - Umbrian: trebeit (“lives, dwells”)

Related terms

*trebno-? (possibly)
- >? Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌖 (tremnu)

Descendants

Latin: trabs
⇒? Latin: Trēbulā
- Latin: Trēbulānus
⇒? Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔 (treplanes)

References

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 626