Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-kaputis

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

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Etymology

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From *kaput +‎ *-is.

Suffix

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*-kaputis

  1. -headed

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Latin: -ceps, -cipes

References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91:Parker 1988: 237f. argues that anceps, praeceps are i-stem compounds