Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tāts

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 *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːts/

Suffix

*-tāts f

used to form nouns representing state of being
*aiwom (“age”) > *aiwotāts (“age”)
*juwenis (“young”) > *juwentāts (“youth”)
*nogʷedos (“naked”) > *nogʷetāts (“nudity”)
*seɣwēros (“severe”) > *seɣwērotāts (“severity”)
*wēros (“true”) > *wērotāts (“truth”)

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *-tāts (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*-tāts	*-tātes
vocative	*-tāts	*-tātes
accusative	*-tātem	*-tātens
genitive	*-tātes, -tātos	*-tātom
dative	*-tātei	*-tātəβos
ablative	*-tāti? -tāte?	*-tātəβos
locative	*-tāti? -tāte?	*-tātəβos

Derived terms

Proto-Italic terms suffixed with *-tāts

Descendants

Latin: -tās (see there for further descendants)