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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mormīkā
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *morwi-, perhaps deformed due to taboo.[1]
Noun
*mormīkā f
- ant
Declension
| consonant stemDeclension of *mormīkā (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *mormīkā | *mormīkes |
| vocative | *mormīkā | *mormīkes |
| accusative | *mormīkem | *mormīkens |
| genitive | *mormīkes, mormīkos | *mormīkom |
| dative | *mormīkei | *mormīkəβos |
| ablative | *mormīki? mormīke? | *mormīkəβos |
| locative | *mormīki? mormīke? | *mormīkəβos |
Descendants
- Latin: formica (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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