Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dents

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

*dents f^[1]

tooth

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *dents (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*dents	*dentes
vocative	*dents	*dentes
accusative	*dentem	*dentens
genitive	*dentes, dentos	*dentom
dative	*dentei	*dentβos
ablative	*denti? dente?	*dentβos
locative	*denti? dente?	*dentβos

Descendants

Latin: dēns (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌍𐌕𐌄 (dunte)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166-167

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166-167

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