Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷatrupōts

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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 *kʷatru- +‎ *pets (foot) (which formerly had an ablaut allomorph *pōd- or *pod-).

Adjective

*kʷatrupōts

  1. quadrupedal

Declension

Declension of *kʷatrupōts (consonant stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kʷatrupōts *kʷatrupōts *kʷatrupōd
vocative *kʷatrupōts *kʷatrupōts *kʷatrupōd
accusative *kʷatrupōdem *kʷatrupōdem *kʷatrupōd
genitive *kʷatrupōdes, kʷatrupōdos *kʷatrupōdes, kʷatrupōdos *kʷatrupōdes, kʷatrupōdos
dative *kʷatrupōdei *kʷatrupōdei *kʷatrupōdei
ablative *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde? *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde? *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde?
locative *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde? *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde? *kʷatrupōdi? kʷatrupōde?
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kʷatrupōdes *kʷatrupōdes *kʷatrupōdā
vocative *kʷatrupōdes *kʷatrupōdes *kʷatrupōdā
accusative *kʷatrupōdens *kʷatrupōdens *kʷatrupōdā
genitive *kʷatrupōdom *kʷatrupōdom *kʷatrupōdom
dative *kʷatrupōdəβos *kʷatrupōdβos *kʷatrupōdβos
ablative *kʷatrupōdəβos *kʷatrupōdβos *kʷatrupōdβos
locative *kʷatrupōdəβos *kʷatrupōdβos *kʷatrupōdβos

Alternative reconstructions

  • *kʷeturpōts (with irregular syllabification)

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Latin: quadrupēs (with second element analogically replaced with pēs) (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: peturpursus (dat. pl.)

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, page 462
  2. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “U. peturpursus”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 551