Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/egō

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 *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

*egō^[1]^[2]

I (first-person singular)

Declension

Proto-Italic personal pronouns
singular	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*egō	*tū	—
accusative	*mē	*tē	*sē
genitive	*mei	*tei	*sei
dative	*meɣei	*teβei	*seβei
ablative	*med	*ted	*sed

possessive	*meos	*towos	*sowos

plural	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	*nōs	*wōs	—
accusative	*nōs	*wōs	*sē
genitive	*nosterom	*westerom	*sei
dative	*nōβei	*wōβei	*seβei
ablative	*nōβei	*wōβei	*sed

possessive	*nosteros	*westeros	*sowos

Reconstruction notes

Whereas Old Latin attests to mēd, tēd, and sēd, Sabellic attests to Umbrian 𐌌𐌝𐌏𐌌 (míom), tiom, South Picene 𐌕𐌝𐌏𐌌 (tíom), Oscan siom, all of which show a different ending for the accusative.^[3]

Descendants

Latino-Faliscan:
- Archaic Latin: 𐌄𐌂𐌏 (eco)
  - Latin: egō̆
- Faliscan: 𐌄𐌒𐌏 (eqo), 𐌄𐌊𐌏 (eko), 𐌄𐌂𐌏 (eco)
  - Latin: ego
Osco-Umbrian:
- South Picene: 𐌄𐌊𐌞 (ekú)
- Umbrian: mehe (dative singular)^[4]
- (Possibly) Venetic: 𐌄𐌙𐌏 (ego)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “egō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368
^ Vine, Brent (2017), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), volume 2, Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Italic, page 773
^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1], page 139

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “egō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368

[3] Vine, Brent (2017), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), volume 2, Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Italic, page 773

[4] Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1], page 139

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