cehefi
Umbrian
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Etymology
Disputed.
- According to De Vaan, probably from com- + a base derived from Proto-Italic *kaɣjō, itself perhaps from the root *kagʰ-, which is most likely of substrate origin. Within Italic, it is perhaps to be connected with Oscan kahad (“to take”) and perhaps Latin cohum, though De Vaan suggests that such a relationship between the Sabellic and Latin forms is only possible if a phonotactically impermissible Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂gʰ- is reconstructed.[1]
- It may be explained from the same root as Oscan hafiest (“to hold, have”).[2]
- Poultney, in contrast, prefers to interpret the form as the accusative singular of a noun meaning "flame, blaze." He derives this noun from earlier *kensiom, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥d-tiyo-, itself from the root *(s)kend- (whence candeō.[3]
Verb
cehefi
Conjugation
- (third-person singular future) e.Ig. 𐌊𐌖𐌊𐌄𐌇𐌄𐌔 (kukehes) (or perhaps second-person singular)
Usage notes
Whereas De Vaan classifies the form as a passive infinitive,[1] Buck suggests that it is actually a third-person singular perfect subjunctive passive form.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cohum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 123-124
- ^ Xodorkovskaja, B. B. (1 January 1975), “THE ROOT PERFECT AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE VERBAL ROOT IN LATIN”, in Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences[1], volume 13, number 145, , →ISSN, page 109
- ^ Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 300
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 331