Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/farβā
Proto-Italic
editEtymology
editProbably from earlier *farðā, which is reconstructed in *farβātos, from earlier *farðātos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (“beard”).
Noun
edit*farβā f
Declension
editā-stemDeclension of *farβā (ā-stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *farβā | *farβās |
vocative | *farβa | *farβās |
accusative | *farβam | *farβans |
genitive | *farβās | *farβāzom |
dative | *farβāi | *farβais |
ablative | *farβād | *farβais |
locative | *farβāi | *farβais |
Descendants
edit- Latin: barba (with the initial /b-/ from assimilation)
- Osco-Umbrian:
- →⇒? Italian: farfecchie (“moustaches”)
References
edit- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “barba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69