Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sēpwos

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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 the same root as Latin sapiō (“to know”). The root is *sep- (“to taste, notice”), but De Vaan, Untermann, etc. reconstruct a laryngeal in that root.

Adjective

*sēpwos

  1. known

Declension

Declension of *sēpwos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sēpwos *sēpwā *sēpwom
vocative *sēpwe *sēpwa *sēpwom
accusative *sēpwom *sēpwam *sēpwom
genitive *sēpwosjo, sēpwī *sēpwās *sēpwosjo, sēpwī
dative *sēpwōi *sēpwāi *sēpwōi
ablative *sēpwōd *sēpwād *sēpwōd
locative *sēpwei *sēpwāi *sēpwei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sēpwōs, sēpwoi *sēpwās *sēpwā
vocative *sēpwōs, sēpwoi *sēpwās *sēpwā
accusative *sēpwons *sēpwans *sēpwā
genitive *sēpwom *sēpwāzōm *sēpwom
dative *sēpwois *sēpwais *sēpwois
ablative *sēpwois *sēpwais *sēpwois
locative *sēpwois *sēpwais *sēpwois

Reconstruction notes

  • This word is usually reconstructed as an archaic athematic *-wōs active participle *sēpwōs. However, there is no trace of the second -s- in Volscian sepu, which can only come from thematic *sēpwos. The Oscan can come from either formation. How the Volscian form arose is controversial:
    • Wallace, followed by Prósper, dismiss the idea of a *-wōs participle base altogether;
    • Untermann assumes a reformation to *sēpwos from *sēpwōs.
  • *sapiō
    • Latin: sapiō

Descendants

  • Oscan: sipus (nom. sg. m.)
  • Volscian: sepu (abl. sg.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “O. vl. sipus”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 677
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sapiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 538
  3. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2022) “The Tabula Veliterna: A Sacred Law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e di Dialettologia, volume 24, pages 36-37.
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