Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷiskʷis
Proto-Italic
editEtymology
editReduplication of *kʷis.
Pronoun
edit*kʷiskʷis m or f (neuter *kʷidkʷid)[1]
Declension
editLatin attests that both parts of this pronoun are separately declined, but in Sabellic, only the first part of the pronoun is declined; the second part is petrified in its nominative form.
Declension of *kʷiskʷis (i-stem, irregular)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *kʷiskʷis | **kʷiskʷis | *kʷidkʷid |
Vocative | — | — | — |
Accusative | **kʷimkʷim | **kʷimkʷim | *kʷidkʷid |
Genitive | ? | ? | ? |
Dative | ? | ? | ? |
Ablative | ? | ? | ? |
Locative | ? | ? | ? |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *kʷēskʷēs | *kʷēskʷēs | *kʷīkʷī, *kʷiakʷia |
Vocative | — | — | — |
Accusative | *kʷinskʷins | *kʷinskʷins | *kʷīkʷī, *kʷiakʷia |
Genitive | ? | ? | ? |
Dative | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos |
Ablative | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos |
Locative | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos | *kʷiβoskʷiβos |
Descendants
edit- Latin: quisquis
- Sabellic:
References
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “quis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510