Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hom(i)teros

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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 *ǵʰóm(i) (in the earth, loc. sg.) from *dʰéǵʰōm (earth) + *-teros (contrastive suffix).

Adjective

*hom(i)teros[1]

  1. lower
    Synonym: *enðeros

Usage notes

  • *Hom(i)teros faced fierce competition with *enðeros in Italic; *hom(i)teros won out in Sabellic while *enðeros won out in Latino-Faliscan.

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “humus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292