Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/poplos

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

Origin unknown. Whatmough compares the Etruscan toponym 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna). Connection to *plēō (“to fill”) may seem unclear due to the apparent semantic difference, but compare Proto-Germanic *fulką (possibly) and Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos) from this root.

Noun

*poplos m

1. army

Inflection

o-stemDeclension of *poplos (o-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*poplos	*poplōs, poploi
vocative	*pople	*poplōs, poploi
accusative	*poplom	*poplons
genitive	*poplosjo, poplī	*poplom
dative	*poplōi	*poplois
ablative	*poplōd	*poplois
locative	*poplei	*poplois

Descendants

• Old Latin: poplos, poplus, populus
  • Latin: populus (see there for further descendants)
• Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puplum) and poplom (nom. sg.), 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖 (puplu) and poplo (acc. sg.), popler (gen. sg.), pople (dat., loc. sg.), poplu (abl. sg.)
  • ⇒ Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌄𐌓 (pupluper) and popluper ('able-bodied citizens', abl. sg.)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “populus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480
• Jürgen Untermann, Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen, 3rd volume of Handbuch der italischen Dialekte, 2000, p. 610
• “people”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.