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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/reipā

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 *h₁réyp-eh₂ (steep slope), from the root *h₁reyp- (to tear, tear down).

Noun

*reipā f[1]

  1. river bank

Inflection

ā-stemDeclension of *reipā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *reipā *reipās
vocative *reipa *reipās
accusative *reipam *reipans
genitive *reipās *reipāzom
dative *reipāi *reipais
ablative *reipād *reipais
locative *reipāi *reipais

Descendants

  • Latin: rīpa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rīpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524:*reipā-
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