Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/faβros

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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 earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂bʰ-ró-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (to fashion, fit).[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (good, fit), Lithuanian dabà (habit, character), Armenian դարբին (darbin, smith), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban, to happen; to be suitable), English daft, deft.

Noun[edit]

*faβros m

  1. craftsman

Declension[edit]

o-stemDeclension of *faβros (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *faβros *faβrōs, faβroi
vocative *faβre *faβrōs, faβroi
accusative *faβrom *faβrons
genitive *faβrosjo, faβrī *faβrom
dative *faβrōi *faβrois
ablative *faβrōd *faβrois
locative *faβrei *faβrois

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: faber
  • Paelignian: faber

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197