Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ek

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

Breaking it down element by element:^[1]

The initial *e- has been compared to that of Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”).
The *-k- is from the deictic particle *ke.

Pronoun

*ek

this
Synonym: *ho

Usage notes

This pronoun was originally uninflected.^[2]
Sabellic innovated by fitting pronominal endings to form masculine *eko, feminine *ekā, and neuter *ekid. The accusative forms are identical to the nominative ones, and this pronoun could not be used outside of those two cases (*ekeso must be used instead).
Deictic particle *ke is also commonly found suffixed to this.

Derived terms

*ekeso

Descendants

Latin: ec-, ⇒ ecce
Sabellic:
- Marrucinian: ecan (acc. sg. f.)
- Oscan: 𐌄𐌊 (ek, nom. sg. m.), 𐌄𐌊𐌞𐌊 (ekúk, nom. sg. m.), 𐌄𐌊𐌝𐌊 (ekík, nom./acc. sg. n.), 𐌄𐌊𐌀𐌔𐌔 (ekass, acc. pl. f.), 𐌄𐌊𐌀 (eka, acc. pl. f.)
- Paelignian: ecuc (nom. sg. m.), ecic (nom. sg. n.)

References

^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 217
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ecce”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185

[1] Untermann, Jürgen (2000) Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 217

[EDL-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ecce”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185

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