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Umbrian
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Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ferō. Cognate with Latin ferō (“to carry”).
Verb
ferom (transitive)
- to carry
References
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “ferar”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 20
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ferō, ferre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213–214
Volscian
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ferō. Cognate with Latin ferō (“to carry”).
Verb
ferom (infinitive)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: to carry
Usage notes
American linguist Ernst Pulgram suggested that it was used in the same manner as Latin circumferre, referring specifically to a purification rite performed by carrying sacred objects around something. He further proposes that the verb may have functioned like a noun in this circumstance, meaning something akin to “the carrying.”
References
2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia, number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 25: 1976, Ernst Pulgram, “The Volscian Tabula Veliterna: A New Interpretation”, in Glotta, volume 54, number 3/4 (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 259: