Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/genatā
Proto-Italic
editEtymology
editFrom *genatos (“born, *child?”), whence Latin genitus, see there for more.
Proper noun
edit*genatā f (ā-stem)
Reconstruction notes
edit- The second -𐌄- (-e-) in the Samnite outcome is unexpected, which sheds doubt on either the nativity of the term or the proposed etymology.
Descendants
edit- Latin: Mana Genita, Geneta Mana
- Oscan:
References
edit- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261
Further reading
edit- Mana Genita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia