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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/poplos
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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
Origin unknown. Whatmough compares the Etruscan toponym 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna). Connection to *plēō (“to fill”) may seem unclear due to the apparent semantic difference, but compare Proto-Germanic *fulką (possibly) and Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos) from this root.
Inflection
| o-stemDeclension of *poplos (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *poplos | *poplōs, poploi |
| vocative | *pople | *poplōs, poploi |
| accusative | *poplom | *poplons |
| genitive | *poplosjo, poplī | *poplom |
| dative | *poplōi | *poplois |
| ablative | *poplōd | *poplois |
| locative | *poplei | *poplois |
Descendants
- Old Latin: poplos, poplus, populus
- Latin: populus (see there for further descendants)
- Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puplum) and poplom (nom. sg.), 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖 (puplu) and poplo (acc. sg.), popler (gen. sg.), pople (dat., loc. sg.), poplu (abl. sg.)
- ⇒ Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌄𐌓 (pupluper) and popluper ('able-bodied citizens', abl. sg.)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “populus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480
- Jürgen Untermann, Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen, 3rd volume of Handbuch der italischen Dialekte, 2000, p. 610
- “people”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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