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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mormīkā

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 *morwi-, perhaps deformed due to taboo.[1]

Noun

*mormīkā f

  1. ant

Declension

ā-stemDeclension of *mormīkā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *mormīkā *mormīkās
vocative *mormīka *mormīkās
accusative *mormīkam *mormīkans
genitive *mormīkās *mormīkāzom
dative *mormīkāi *mormīkais
ablative *mormīkād *mormīkais
locative *mormīkāi *mormīkais

Descendants

  • Latin: formica (see there for further descendants)

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 234
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