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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷītā

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

Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, life), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, life), Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, life) [accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum)]), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Noun

*gʷītā f[1]

  1. life
    Antonym: *mortis

Declension

ā-stemDeclension of *gʷītā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *gʷītā *gʷītās
vocative *gʷīta *gʷītās
accusative *gʷītam *gʷītans
genitive *gʷītās *gʷītāzom
dative *gʷītāi *gʷītais
ablative *gʷītād *gʷītais
locative *gʷītāi *gʷītais

Descendants

  • Latin: vīta (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌁𐌉𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌌 (biitam, accusative singular)

References

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