Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/magisVmos
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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 *meǵh₂ism̥mos, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).
Adjective
*magisVmos
Declension
Declension of *magisVmos (o/ā-stem)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *magisVmos | *magisVmā | *magisVmom |
| Vocative | *magisVme | *magisVma | *magisVmom |
| Accusative | *magisVmom | *magisVmam | *magisVmom |
| Genitive | *magisVmosjo, magisVmī | *magisVmās | *magisVmosjo, magisVmī |
| Dative | *magisVmōi | *magisVmāi | *magisVmōi |
| Ablative | *magisVmōd | *magisVmād | *magisVmōd |
| Locative | *magisVmei | *magisVmāi | *magisVmei |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *magisVmōs, magisVmoi | *magisVmās | *magisVmā |
| Vocative | *magisVmōs, magisVmoi | *magisVmās | *magisVmā |
| Accusative | *magisVmons | *magisVmans | *magisVmā |
| Genitive | *magisVmom | *magisVmāzōm | *magisVmom |
| Dative | *magisVmois | *magisVmais | *magisVmois |
| Ablative | *magisVmois | *magisVmais | *magisVmois |
| Locative | *magisVmois | *magisVmais | *magisVmois |
Reconstruction notes
It is unclear whether Oscan maimas (< *ma(g)isVmos) belongs here.
- The Oscan word is generally derived from *meh₂- (“great”)[1] by those who think is unrelated, like Untermann and Cowgill.
- For those who do think maimas is related to Latin maximus, the following schools of thought exist:
- Nishimura, taking *magisVmos as primary, accounts for the loss of -g- in Oscan via the comparative *magjōs > *majjōs, which would be rebracketed as *maj-jōs. The superlative would then be analogically reshaped to *maj-isVmos, whence Oscan maimas.[2]
- Prósper flat-out rejects the antiquity of the Latino-Faliscan words, viewing the velar in maximus as secondarily introduced. She derives both Latin maximus and maimas from *maisVmos, from *meh₂- (“great”).[3]
Descendants
- Latino-Faliscan:
- Sabellic:
- >? Oscan: maimas (fem. nom. pl.)
References
- ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, pages 442-443
- ^ Nishimura, Kanehiro (2017) “New Thoughts on Umbrian nuvime and Oscan maimas Syncope and Glide Treatment in Sabellic”, in Incontri Linguistici, number 40, , pages 93-106
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, , pages 108–138