Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aliteros
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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 *aljos (“beyond, other”) + *-teros (contrastive suffix).
Adjective
Inflection
Declension of *aliteros (o/ā-stem)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *aliteros | *aliterā | *aliterom |
| Vocative | *alitere | *alitera | *aliterom |
| Accusative | *aliterom | *aliteram | *aliterom |
| Genitive | *aliterosjo, aliterī | *aliterās | *aliterosjo, aliterī |
| Dative | *aliterōi | *aliterāi | *aliterōi |
| Ablative | *aliterōd | *aliterād | *aliterōd |
| Locative | *aliterei | *aliterāi | *aliterei |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *aliterōs, aliteroi | *aliterās | *aliterā |
| Vocative | *aliterōs, aliteroi | *aliterās | *aliterā |
| Accusative | *aliterons | *aliterans | *aliterā |
| Genitive | *aliterom | *aliterāzōm | *aliterom |
| Dative | *aliterois | *aliterais | *aliterois |
| Ablative | *aliterois | *aliterais | *aliterois |
| Locative | *aliterois | *aliterais | *aliterois |
Reconstruction notes
De Vaan rejects the usual reconstruction *aliteros due to being unable to come up with a morphological basis for the medial -i-, instead reconstructing *alteros.[4]
Descendants
- Latin: alter (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 (alttram), 𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌝 (alttreí), altrei, atrud
References
- ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “O. alttram”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 82
- ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 285
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 40
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “alius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34