Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-kaputis

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

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Proto-Italic *-is

Proto-Italic *-kaputis

From *kaput +‎ *-is.

Suffix

*-kaputis

1. -headed

Declension

Declension of *-kaputis (i-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-kaputis	*-kaputis	*-kaputi
vocative	*-kaputis	*-kaputis	*-kaputi
accusative	*-kaputim	*-kaputim	*-kaputi
genitive	*-kaputeis	*-kaputeis	*-kaputeis
dative	*-kaputei	*-kaputei	*-kaputei
ablative	*-kaputīd	*-kaputīd	*-kaputīd
locative	*-kaputei	*-kaputei	*-kaputei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-kaputēs	*-kaputēs	*-kaputjā
vocative	*-kaputēs	*-kaputēs	*-kaputjā
accusative	*-kaputins	*-kaputins	*-kaputjā
genitive	*-kaputjom	*-kaputjom	*-kaputjom
dative	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos
ablative	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos
locative	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos	*-kaputiβos

Descendants

• Latin: -ceps, -cipes

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caput”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91: “Parker 1988: 237f. argues that anceps, praeceps are i-stem compounds”