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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/manus

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 *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”),[1] though de Vaan follows Schrijver reconstructing a *mon-u- derivation.[2] Compare Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand; protection, security”), Hittite [script needed] (manii̯aḫḫ-i, “to distribute, entrust”) (the latter said to be from *mn-ieh₂- by Kloekhorst[3]).

Noun

*manus f[2]

  1. hand

Declension
u-stemDeclension of *manus (u-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *manus *manowes
vocative *manus *manowes
accusative *manum *manuns
genitive *manous *manwom
dative *manowei *manuβos
ablative *manūd *manuβos
locative *manou *manuβos

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Latin: manus (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: manim (accusative singular)
  • South Picene: manus (ablative plural)
  • Umbrian: 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌄 (manuve) (locative singular), 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉 (mani), mani (ablative singular), 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌚 (manf) (accusative plural)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 254-55
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, →ISBN, page 553
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