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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hortos
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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
Etymology
From earlier *xortos (to differentiate it from a later form *hortos if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos, from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). De Vaan is suspicious of the o-grade (*-tós usually demanding the zero grade), believing that the similar o-grade *gʰórdʰos (from *gʰerdʰ- + *-os) must have contaminated it.[1]
Inflection
| o-stemDeclension of *hortos (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *hortos | *hortōs, hortoi |
| vocative | *horte | *hortōs, hortoi |
| accusative | *hortom | *hortons |
| genitive | *hortosjo, hortī | *hortom |
| dative | *hortōi | *hortois |
| ablative | *hortōd | *hortois |
| locative | *hortei | *hortois |
Descendants
- Latin: hortus (“garden”) (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌇𐌞𐌓𐌆 (húrz, “enclosure”)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hortus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 290-291
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