Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rēgīnā

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 edit

Etymology edit

Presumably metathesized from earlier *rēgnīā, rebuilt as an ā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂, cognate with Proto-Celtic *rīganī (“queen”), Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”).^[1] Perhaps influenced by or alternatively from *rēks ~ *rēges (“king”) +‎ *-īnā (“belonging to”), compare Latin gallīna (“hen”) from gallus (“cock, rooster”).^[2]

Noun edit

*rēgīnā f

queen
An epithet of a goddess, such as Juno or Ceres.

Declension edit

ā-stemDeclension of *rēgīnā (ā-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*rēgīnā	*rēgīnās
vocative	*rēgīna	*rēgīnās
accusative	*rēgīnam	*rēgīnans
genitive	*rēgīnās	*rēgīnāzom
dative	*rēgīnāi	*rēgīnais
ablative	*rēgīnād	*rēgīnais
locative	*rēgīnāi	*rēgīnais

Descendants edit

Latin: rēgīna (see there for further descendants)
Marrucinian: regenai (dat.)

References edit

^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522

[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522

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