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Sabine
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *haidos. Cognate with Latin hedus and haedus.
Pronunciation
It is likely that the /-e-/ emerged from the monophthongization of the Proto-Italic diphthong /ae/.
Noun
fedus
- young goat
References
Varro,
De Lingua Latina 97:
- Ηircus, quod Sabini fircus; quod illic fedus, in Latio rure hedus, qui in urbe ut in multis A addito haedus.
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- Annie Cecilia Burman (March 24 2018) De Lingua Sabina: A Reappraisal of the Sabine Glosses, →DOI, pages 45-46
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN