Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-faks

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 earlier *-θaks, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁k-s, the root noun of *dʰeh₁-k-, an extension of *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place”). Related to *fakiō.

Suffix

*-faks

1. -maker, -producer.

Declension

As a noun:

consonant stemDeclension of *-faks (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*-faks	*-fakes
vocative	*-faks	*-fakes
accusative	*-fakem	*-fakens
genitive	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakom
dative	*-fakei	*-fakəβos
ablative	*-faki? -fake?	*-fakəβos
locative	*-faki? -fake?	*-fakəβos

As an adjective:

Declension of *-faks (consonant stem)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-faks	*-faks	*-faks
Vocative	*-faks	*-faks	*-faks
Accusative	*-fakem	*-fakem	*-faks
Genitive	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakes, -fakos	*-fakes, -fakos
Dative	*-fakei	*-fakei	*-fakei
Ablative	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?
Locative	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?	*-faki? -fake?
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-fakes	*-fakes	*-fakā
Vocative	*-fakes	*-fakes	*-fakā
Accusative	*-fakens	*-fakens	*-fakā
Genitive	*-fakom	*-fakom	*-fakom
Dative	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos
Ablative	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos
Locative	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos	*-fakəβos

Derived terms

• *obfaks (“hinderer”), related to *obfakiō
• *pontifaks, from *ponts (“bridge”)

Descendants

• Latin: -fex