Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/korteks

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 *(s)kort-ek-s, an enlargement of *(s)ker- (to cut).

Noun

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*korteks[1]

  1. cortex

Declension

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consonant stemDeclension of *korteks (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *korteks *kortekes
vocative *korteks *kortekes
accusative *kortekem *kortekens
genitive *kortekes, kortekos *kortekom
dative *kortekei *kortekβos
ablative *korteki? korteke? *kortekβos
locative *korteki? korteke? *kortekβos

Descendants

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  • Latin: cortex (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cortex,-icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 138