Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pets

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 *pṓds.

Noun

*pets m

1. foot

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *pets (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*pets	*pedes
vocative	*pets	*pedes
accusative	*pedem	*pedens
genitive	*pedes, pedos	*pedom
dative	*pedei	*pedβos
ablative	*pedi? pede?	*pedβos
locative	*pedi? pede?	*pedβos

Alternative reconstructions

• *pōts

Reconstruction notes

The long vowel in Latin pēs indicates that Lachmann's law must have applied in the nominative singular to lengthen it, indicating that a *d must have still be perceived there to trigger Lachmann's law.

Related terms

• *dwipōts
  • Latin: bipēs
  • Umbrian: dupursus (dat. pl.)
• *kʷaturpōts
  • Latin: quadrupēs
  • Umbrian: peturpursus (dat. pl.)
• *pedom
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌄𐌃𐌞 (pedú, acc. pl.)
• *tripodāō (“to do a three-step dance”)
  • Latin: tripodaverunt (perf. 3pl.) (Old Latin), tripudiō (reformed after tripudium)
  • ⇒ *ā-tripodāō
    • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌇𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌀𐌕𐌖 (ahtrepuřatu), 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌀𐌕𐌖 (atrepuřatu), ahatripursatu, atripursatu, atropusatu (all 3sg. imperative)

Descendants

• Latin: pēs (see there for further descendants)
• Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌉 (peři), persi (abl. sg.)