Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/manus

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), though de Vaan follows Schrijver reconstructing a *mon-u- derivation. Compare Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand; protection, security”), Hittite (manii̯aḫḫ-ⁱ, “to distribute, entrust”) (the latter said to be from *mn-ieh₂- by Kloekhorst).

Noun

*manus f

hand

Declension

Declension of *manus (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*manus	*manowes
vocative	*manus	*manowes
accusative	*manum	*manuns
genitive	*manous	*manwom
dative	*manowei	*manuβos
ablative	*manūd	*manuβos
locative	*manou	*manuβos

Derived terms

Descendants

Latin: manus (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: manim (accusative singular)
South Picene: manus (ablative plural)
Umbrian: 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌄 (manuve) (locative singular), 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉 (mani), mani (ablative singular), 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌚 (manf) (accusative plural)

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 254-55
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “manus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 363–364
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, →ISBN, page 553

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 254-55

[devaan-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “manus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 363–364

[3] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, →ISBN, page 553