Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kastrom

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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 *ḱes- (to cut) + *-trom. This word shows a zero-grade root and epenthetic insertion of -a-.[1]

Noun

*kastrom n

  1. part, share of something

Declension

The original declension, given the presence of *-trom:

Declension of *kastrom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kastrom *kastrā
vocative *kastrom *kastrā
accusative *kastrom *kastrā
genitive *kastrosjo, *kastrī *kastrom
dative *kastrōi *kastrois
ablative *kastrōd *kastrois
locative *kastrei *kastrois

In Sabellic however, this word was secondarily transformed into a u-stem:

Declension of *kastrom (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kastrus *kastrowes
vocative *kastrus *kastrowes
accusative *kastrum *kastruns
genitive *kastrous *kastrwom
dative *kastrowei *kastruβos
ablative *kastrūd *kastruβos
locative *kastrou *kastruβos

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “castrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97