Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/oltm̥mos

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the o-grade of *h₂el- (beyond, other) suffixed with superlative *-tm̥mos.

Adjective[edit]

*oltm̥mos[2]

  1. last

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: ultimus
  • Oscan: 𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌌 (últiumam, acc. sg. fem.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “uls”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 638
  2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2018) “The dialectology of Italic”, in Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, and Jared Klein, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, De Gruyter, page 844