Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kaput

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *káput (head), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (seize, hold), possibly of substrate origin.[1]

Noun

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*kaput n[2]

  1. head

Inflection

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consonant stemDeclension of *kaput (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *kaput *kaputā
vocative *kaput *kaputā
accusative *kaput *kaputā
genitive *kaputes, kaputos *kaputom
dative *kaputei *kaputβos
ablative *kaputi? kapute? *kaputβos
locative *kaputi? kapute? *kaputβos

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: caput (see there for further descendants)
  • South Picene: qupat

References

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  1. ^
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    Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy[1], Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91