Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dekos

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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 *déḱos (that which is proper), from *deḱ- (take, perceive).[1]

Noun

*dekos n

  1. dignity

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *dekos (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *dekos *dekozā
vocative *dekos *dekozā
accusative *dekos *dekozā
genitive *dekozes, dekozos *dekozom
dative *dekozei *dekozβos
ablative *dekozi? dekoze? *dekozβos
locative *dekozi? dekoze? *dekozβos

Descendants

  • Latin: decus

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164