Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dekos

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 *déḱos (that which is proper), from *deḱ- (take, perceive).[1]

Noun edit

*dekos n

  1. dignity

Declension edit

consonant stemDeclension of *dekos (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *dekos *dekozā
vocative *dekos *dekozā
accusative *dekos *dekozā
genitive *dekozes, dekozos *dekozom
dative *dekozei *dekozəβos
ablative *dekozi? dekoze? *dekozəβos
locative *dekozi? dekoze? *dekozəβos

Descendants edit

  • Latin: decus

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164