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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mātēr
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaː.teːr/
Noun
*mātēr f[1]
- mother
Inflection
| consonant stemDeclension of *mātēr (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *mātēr | *mātres |
| vocative | *māter | *mātres |
| accusative | *mātrem | *mātrens |
| genitive | *mātres, mātros | *mātrom |
| dative | *mātrei | *mātrəβos |
| ablative | *mātri? mātre? | *mātrəβos |
| locative | *mātri? mātre? | *mātrəβos |
Descendants
- Faliscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄 (mate)
- Latin: māter (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌔 (maatreís)
- South Picene: 𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌇 (matereíh) (dative singular)
- Umbrian: matrer (genitive singular)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN