Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-teros
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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
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Cognate with Ancient Greek -τερος (-teros).
Suffix
*-teros
Reconstruction notes
The original Proto-Indo-European morpheme was likely also used as an emphatic suffix. This usage was preserved in terms such as Latin matertera (maternal aunt), which is related to *mātēr (mother). The original function may also be present in certain possessive pronouns, such as *nosteros (ours), related to *nōs (us).
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References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Philip Baldi, Pierluigi Cuzzolin (2018) “Indo-European Languages”, in The World's Major Languages (quotation in Undetermined; overall work in English), Routledge, →ISBN, page 154
- Jesse Lundquist, Anthony D. Yates (2018-06-11) 122. The morphology of Proto-Indo-European (quotation in English; overall work in English), De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 2117
- Lukas Kahl (2024) Diachronic Studies in Indo-European Degree Morphology (quotation in English; overall work in English), Harvard University
- Brent Vine (October 23 2017) 48. The morphology of Italic (quotation in English; overall work in English), De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, pages 751–804
- Blanca María Prósper (January 1 2018) “The Venetic Inscription from Monte Manicola and Three termini publici from Padua: A Reappraisal”, in Journal of Indo-European Studies (quotation in English; overall work in English)
- Warren Cowgill (November 11 2016) Italic and Celtic Superlatives and the Dialects of Indo-European (quotation in English; overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania Press, , →ISBN, pages 113–154