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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/seknom

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 *sek- (to cut), with semantic shift "what is cut out" > "sign".

Noun

*seknom n[1]

  1. sign
  2. statue

Inflection

o-stemDeclension of *seknom (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *seknom *seknā
vocative *seknom *seknā
accusative *seknom *seknā
genitive *seknosjo, *seknī *seknom
dative *seknōi *seknois
ablative *seknōd *seknois
locative *seknei *seknois

Descendants

  • Latin: signum
  • Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌂𐌞𐌍𐌞𐌌 (segúnúm)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “signum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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