Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/peikā

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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

See Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- for cognates; possibly originally an onomatopoeic word. Apparently a vṛddhi relative of *pikos (“woodpecker”).

Noun

*peikā f[1][2]

  1. magpie

Declension

Declension of *peikā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *peikā *peikās
vocative *peika *peikās
accusative *peikam *peikans
genitive *peikās *peikāzom
dative *peikāi *peikais
ablative *peikād *peikais
locative *peikāi *peikais

Descendants

  • Latin: pīca (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: peica (acc./abl sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
  2. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 526
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