Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/manus

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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 *(s)meh₂- (to beckon),[1] though de Vaan follows Schrijver reconstructing a *mon-u- derivation.[2] Compare Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand; protection, security), Hittite (manii̯aḫḫ-i, to distribute, entrust) (the latter said to be from *mn-ieh₂- by Kloekhorst[3]).

    Noun

    *manus f[2]

    1. hand

    Declension

    u-stemDeclension of *manus (u-stem)
    case 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

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