Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/argentom

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (silver), from *h₂erǵ- (white, argent, glittering).

Noun edit

*argentom n[1]

  1. silver

Declension edit

o-stemDeclension of *argentom (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *argentom *argentā
vocative *argentom *argentā
accusative *argentom *argentā
genitive *argentosjo, *argentī *argentom
dative *argentōi *argentois
ablative *argentōd *argentois
locative *argentei *argentois

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “argentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 19