Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/enðeros

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 *(H)n̥dʰéros, from *(H)n̥dʰér + *-os.

Adjective

*enðeros (comparative *enðerjōs, superlative *enðerisemos)

low
Synonym: *hom(i)teros

Inflection

Declension of *enðeros (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*enðeros	*enðerā	*enðerom
vocative	*enðere	*enðera	*enðerom
accusative	*enðerom	*enðeram	*enðerom
genitive	*enðerosjo, enðerī	*enðerās	*enðerosjo, enðerī
dative	*enðerōi	*enðerāi	*enðerōi
ablative	*enðerōd	*enðerād	*enðerōd
locative	*enðerei	*enðerāi	*enðerei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*enðerōs, enðeroi	*enðerās	*enðerā
vocative	*enðerōs, enðeroi	*enðerās	*enðerā
accusative	*enðerons	*enðerans	*enðerā
genitive	*enðerom	*enðerāzōm	*enðerom
dative	*enðerois	*enðerais	*enðerois
ablative	*enðerois	*enðerais	*enðerois
locative	*enðerois	*enðerais	*enðerois

Descendants

Latin: īnferus (“low(er)”), īnfrā (“below”) (see there for further descendants)
Faliscan: 𐌉𐌅𐌓𐌀 (ifra, “below”)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “īnferus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “īnferus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303