Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷuðei
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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 *kʷu- (“where”). Delabialization is expected before *u, but Osco-Umbrian reflexes indicate restoration of the labiovelar.
Adverb
*kʷuðei
Reconstruction notes
Whether the medial consonant was *ð or *β cannot be determined from the daughter languages alone, since all of them merge *ð and *β in this context. External comparison is required to guess which one.
- Favouring *ð are Sanskrit कुह (kuha, “where”) and Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”) (< *kʷúdʰe). De Vaan endorses this option.
- Favouring *β would be Hittite ku-wa-pi (< *kʷobʰí).
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ubī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 636