Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/petnā

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 *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), from *peth₂- (to fly). The oblique stem of the original noun was extended with ā-stem endings; compare Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather), which was similarly extended, but from the nominative stem.

The original PIE nominative stem is preserved in Latin accipiter from *aku-peter (literally sharp wing, keen wing).

Noun edit

*petnā f[1]

  1. feather
  2. wing

Declension edit

ā-stemDeclension of *petnā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *petnā *petnās
vocative *petna *petnās
accusative *petnam *petnans
genitive *petnās *petnāzom
dative *petnāi *petnais
ablative *petnād *petnais
locative *petnāi *petnais

Descendants edit

  • Latin: penna

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN