𐌌𐌞𐌚𐌒𐌋𐌞𐌌

South Picene

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *mon-is-tro-m, *mon-es-tro-m. If this theory is accepted, then it may derive from the same *monestrom hypothesized to be the source of Latin mōnstrum. Alternately, a pre-form *mons-tlo-m or *mons-tro-m can be reconstructed. In both scenarios, the word is related to Latin moneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

The linguist Blanca María Prósper argues that the <𐌞> may have emerged from the raising of the /o/ prior to a nasal. According to Prósper, if this stipulation is accurate, then the vowel may have been long.

Noun

𐌌𐌞𐌚𐌒𐌋𐌞𐌌 • (múfqlúm) (nominative singular?)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: monument

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 387
  • Barbora Machajdíková; Ľudmila Eliášová Buzássyová (1 October 2021), “Vowel deletion before sibilant-stop clusters in Latin: issues of syllabification, lexicon and diachrony”, in Journal of Latin Linguistics‎[1], volume 20, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 191–237
  • Blanca María Prósper (1 February 2020), “The Sabellic accusative plural endings and the outcome of the Indo-European sibilants in Italic”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎[2], volume 18, numbers 1-2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 56-57
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