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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rēgīnā

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

Presumably metathesized from earlier *rēgnīā, rebuilt as an ā-stem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂, cognate with Proto-Celtic *rīganī (“queen”), Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”).[1] Perhaps influenced by or alternatively from *rēks ~ *rēges (“king”) +‎ *-īnā (“belonging to”), compare Latin gallīna (“hen”) from gallus (“cock, rooster”).[2]

Noun

*rēgīnā f

  1. queen
  2. An epithet of a goddess, such as Juno or Ceres.

Declension
ā-stemDeclension of *rēgīnā (ā-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *rēgīnā *rēgīnās
vocative *rēgīna *rēgīnās
accusative *rēgīnam *rēgīnans
genitive *rēgīnās *rēgīnāzom
dative *rēgīnāi *rēgīnais
ablative *rēgīnād *rēgīnais
locative *rēgīnāi *rēgīnais

Descendants
  • Latin: rēgīna (see there for further descendants)
  • Marrucinian: regenai (dat.)

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522
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