Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tristos

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 *trito-sth₂-o-s (third [person] standing), from *tri- (three) +‎ *steh₂- (to stand).[1]

Noun edit

*tristos m

  1. witness

Inflection edit

o-stemDeclension of *tristos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *tristos *tristōs, tristoi
vocative *triste *tristōs, tristoi
accusative *tristom *tristons
genitive *tristosjo, tristī *tristom
dative *tristōi *tristois
ablative *tristōd *tristois
locative *tristei *tristois

Descendants edit

  • Latin: testis (with secondary shift to the i-stems)
  • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌔𐌕𐌖𐌔 (trstus, nom. pl)

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “testis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 618