Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Menerwā
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *menes-wéh₂, from *ménos, from *men-.
Another hypothesis by Clayton (2024) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ménwr̥ (“thought”), from the same root above.
Proper noun
*Menerwā f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *Menerwā | *Menerwās |
| vocative | *Menerwa | *Menerwās |
| accusative | *Menerwam | *Menerwans |
| genitive | *Menerwās | *Menerwāzom |
| dative | *Menerwāi | *Menerwais |
| ablative | *Menerwād | *Menerwais |
| locative | *Menerwāi | *Menerwais |
Descendants
- Faliscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀 (menerua, nom.sg., gen.sg., dat.sg.), 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀𐌉 (meneruai, dat.sg.)
- Old Latin: Menerva, Menrva
- Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌄(𐌅𐌀𐌔) (menere(vas), gen.sg.)
- Paelignian: minerua (dat.sg.?), mineruai (dat.sg.)
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, pages 380-381
- Benjamin W. Fortson (2017 October 23) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, pages 838-839
- “Umbrian ⟨rs⟩ and ⟨rf⟩”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 9, number 1 (quotation in English; overall work in English), 2021 December 7, , →ISSN, page 205
- Benjamin W. Fortson (2017 October 23) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, pages 838-839
- Clayton, John (2024). Minerva, caterva, & sonorant metathesis: Arguments against a sound law by Rix. East Coast Indo-European Conference, July 2, 2024, Athens, GA.