Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/petnā
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).[1] The oblique stem of the original noun was extended with ā-stem endings; compare Proto-Germanic *feþrō (“feather”), which was similarly extended, but from the nominative stem.
The original PIE nominative stem is preserved in Latin accipiter from *aku-peter (literally “sharp wing, keen wing”).
Noun
*petnā f[1]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *petnā | *petnās |
| vocative | *petna | *petnās |
| accusative | *petnam | *petnans |
| genitive | *petnās | *petnāzom |
| dative | *petnāi | *petnais |
| ablative | *petnād | *petnais |
| locative | *petnāi | *petnais |
Descendants
- Latin: penna
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “penna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458