Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/imā

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 *h₂eym- (“copy, image”). Cognate with *aimos.^[1]

Noun

*imā f

copy

Inflection

ā-stemDeclension of *imā (ā-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*imā	*imās
vocative	*ima	*imās
accusative	*imam	*imans
genitive	*imās	*imāzom
dative	*imāi	*imais
ablative	*imād	*imais
locative	*imāi	*imais

Descendants

Latin: imitor, imāgō
South Picene: imih

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298

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