Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kaput

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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 *káput (head), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (seize, hold), possibly of substrate origin.[1]

    Noun

    *kaput n[2]

    1. head

    Inflection

    Declension of *kaput (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *kaput *kaputā
    vocative *kaput *kaputā
    accusative *kaput *kaputā
    genitive *kaputes, kaputos *kaputom
    dative *kaputei *kaputβos
    ablative *kaputi? kapute? *kaputβos
    locative *kaputi? kapute? *kaputβos

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: caput, capud n, capus m, cabo (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy, Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293-297
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91