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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mātēr

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 *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*mātēr f[1]

  1. mother

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *mātēr (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *mātēr *mātres
vocative *māter *mātres
accusative *mātrem *mātrens
genitive *mātres, mātros *mātrom
dative *mātrei *mātrəβos
ablative *mātri? mātre? *mātrəβos
locative *mātri? mātre? *mātrəβos

Descendants
  • Faliscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄 (mate)
  • Latin: māter (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌔 (maatreís)
  • South Picene: 𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌇 (matereíh) (dative singular)
  • Umbrian: 𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌓 (matrer) (genitive singular)

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
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