Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pekten

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 *pḱtḗn, a derivative of *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Noun

*pekten m

  1. comb

Inflection

Declension of *pekten (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *pekten *pektenes
vocative *pekten *pektenes
accusative *pektenem *pektenens
genitive *pektenes, pektenos *pektenom
dative *pektenei *pektenβos
ablative *pekteni? pektene? *pektenβos
locative *pekteni? pektene? *pektenβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: pecten (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
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