Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dents

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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 *h₃dónts.

Noun

*dents f[1]

  1. tooth

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *dents (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *dents *dentes
vocative *dents *dentes
accusative *dentem *dentens
genitive *dentes, dentos *dentom
dative *dentei *dentβos
ablative *denti? dente? *dentβos
locative *denti? dente? *dentβos

Descendants

  • Latin: dēns (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌍𐌕𐌄 (dunte)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166-167
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