Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kertsnā

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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]

From Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (portion), from *kert-, an extension of *(s)ker- (to cut).[1]

Noun[edit]

*kertsnā f

  1. meal

Inflection[edit]

ā-stemDeclension of *kertsnā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *kertsnā *kertsnās
vocative *kertsna *kertsnās
accusative *kertsnam *kertsnans
genitive *kertsnās *kertsnāzom
dative *kertsnāi *kertsnais
ablative *kertsnād *kertsnais
locative *kertsnāi *kertsnais

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: cesna, cēna
  • Osco-Umbrian:

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106