Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷītā

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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

Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) ), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Noun

*gʷītā f[1]

  1. life
    Antonym: *mortis

Declension

ā-stemDeclension of *gʷītā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *gʷītā *gʷītās
vocative *gʷīta *gʷītās
accusative *gʷītam *gʷītans
genitive *gʷītās *gʷītāzom
dative *gʷītāi *gʷītais
ablative *gʷītād *gʷītais
locative *gʷītāi *gʷītais

Descendants

  • Latin: vīta (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌁𐌉𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌌 (biitam, accusative singular)

References

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