Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mēns
Proto-Italic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.
Noun
edit*mēns m[1]
Declension
editconsonant stemDeclension of *mēns (consonant stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *mēns | *mēnses |
vocative | *mēns | *mēnses |
accusative | *mēnsem | *mēnsens |
genitive | *mēnses, mēnsos | *mēnsom |
dative | *mēnsei | *mēnsβos |
ablative | *mēnsi? mēnse? | *mēnsβos |
locative | *mēnsi? mēnse? | *mēnsβos |
Descendants
editThis word does not survive as is in any Italic language; it was reformed as an *mēnsis in Latin and *mēnsens in Sabellic.
- Latin: mēnsis (see there for further descendants)
- Sabellic:
References
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373