Proto-Italic

E15569
Italic language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Italic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family, from which languages like Latin and its descendants evolved.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Italic canonical 14
Proto-Italic language 2
Proto-Indo-European language 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf Faliscan ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
surface form: Oscan

Romance languages ⓘ
Sabellic languages ⓘ
surface form: Sabellian languages

South Picene ⓘ
Umbrian ⓘ
attestedIn no direct inscriptions ⓘ
developedFrom Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
hasCase ablative (in later stages or precursors) ⓘ
accusative ⓘ
dative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasFeature ablaut system inherited from Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
case system ⓘ
distinction of thematic and athematic verbs ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
three-way number distinction (singular, dual, plural) in earlier stages ⓘ
verb conjugation with person and number ⓘ
hasGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasMood imperative ⓘ
indicative ⓘ
subjunctive ⓘ
hasNumber plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasTenseAspect future (innovated relative to PIE categories) ⓘ
perfect ⓘ
present ⓘ
influencedBy Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Indo-European morphology
lexicalSimilarityWith Proto-Celtic ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
phonologicalChangeFromProto-Indo-European development of PIE *o to Proto-Italic *o ⓘ
development of PIE *ē to Proto-Italic *ī in many environments ⓘ
loss of laryngeals in most positions ⓘ
merger of aspirated and plain voiced stops ⓘ
vocalization of syllabic resonants ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Faliscan data ⓘ
Latin data ⓘ
Oscan data ⓘ
Umbrian data ⓘ
other ancient Italic inscriptions ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
surface form: Central Europe (hypothetical homeland)

Italian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Italian Peninsula (pre-Roman)
sharesIsoglossWith Italo-Celtic group ⓘ
status unattested and reconstructed only ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Indo-European studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subfamilyOf Italic branch ⓘ
timeDepth early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem none ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italic languages → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Italic languages → developedFrom → Proto-Italic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Indo-European language
Latin → developedFrom → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Latino-Faliscan languages → originatesFrom → Proto-Italic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Italic language
South Picene → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European → hasDescendant → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Sabellian → linguisticBranchOf → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Latins → predecessor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Italic peoples
Old Latin → precededBy → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Faliscan → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Italo-Dalmatian language → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
this entity surface form: Proto-Italic language
Fascian → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Biellese Piedmontese → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Intemelian dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Lodigiano → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Nuorese Sardinian → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Paelignian → hasAncestor → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Italic → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-Italic ⓘ
Italic → hasReconstruction → Proto-Italic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Italic phonology