𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌃

Uncertain. De Vaan suggests that it could a borrowing from Old Latin *tristāmentom, itself ultimately from Proto-Italic *tristos. It has alternatively been interpreted as a calque from Latin "testamento dare," a phrase found in Latin legal language. This theory further posits that the term may have been influenced by the native Oscan term trstus. The term displays a suffix similar to Latin -mentum. However, the only other instance of this suffix in Oscan is the term pavmentum, which is also likely a borrowing from Latin. Thus, it is unclear how productive such a suffix was within the Oscan language itself. Moreover, the usage of a duplicated vowel to mark length typically does not occur in medial position within Oscan. Therefore, this term may follow a sound change not native to Oscan, such as the rules which produced the long ā-vowel in Latin testāmentō.

𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌃 • (trístaamentud) (ablative singular)

1. (hapax legomenon) proof
   • The Testament of Viíbis Aadirans:

     𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌃 𐌃𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌃

     trístaamentud deded

     • Translation by Charles Darling Buck

       gave by will

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 326
• 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 618
• Katherine Mcdonald (2012), “The Testament of Vibius Adiranus”, in The Journal of Roman Studies‎^[1], volume 102, →ISSN, page 50
• Anna Giacalone Ramat; Paolo Ramat (29 April 2015), The Indo-European Languages‎^[2], Routledge, →ISBN, page 328