Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mēns

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 *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun

*mēns m^[1]

month
moon

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *mēns (consonant stem)
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

This 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:
- Marsian: mesene (loc./abl. sg.)
- Umbrian: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, abl. sg.)

References

^ 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

[1] 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

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