Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fortis
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis, with semantic shift from "load" > "chance, luck".[1] For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root.
Noun
[edit]*fortis f
Declension
[edit]| i-stemDeclension of *fortis (i-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *fortis | *fortēs |
| vocative | *fortis | *fortēs |
| accusative | *fortim | *fortins |
| genitive | *forteis | *fortjom |
| dative | *fortei | *fortiβos |
| ablative | *fortīd | *fortiβos |
| locative | *fortei | *fortiβos |
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: fors
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fors, -tis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236