Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Fatowos

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 an adjective "of speech", from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-tus ~ *bʰh₂-téws (“speech”), from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Fatowos m

Fatuus, an Italic god who predicts the future

Declension

Declension of *Fatowos (o-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Fatowos	*Fatowōs, Fatowoi
vocative	*Fatowe	*Fatowōs, Fatowoi
accusative	*Fatowom	*Fatowons
genitive	*Fatowosjo, Fatowī	*Fatowom
dative	*Fatowōi	*Fatowois
ablative	*Fatowōd	*Fatowois
locative	*Fatowei	*Fatowois

Descendants

Latin: Fatuus (divine name), fatuus (“silly, foolish”)
Oscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌄𐌝𐌔 (fatuveís, gen. sg.), fατοϝε (fatowe, voc. sg.)
→ Etruscan: (borrowed from an Italic language) 𐌚𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌔 (fatuvs)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fatuus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fatuus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205

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