by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999
-c nominative ending [az96: 27]
-c, -k "and, as well" (enclitic) [az96, am91, mc91, mp68, mcv, dep, pa, gm97]
see Latin -que "and" [az96, mc91, mp68. pa, dep]
see IE *-kwe [mcv 9-2-99]
see Sanskrit -ca "and" [dep]
see Gothic -uh "and" [dep]
see Greek te "and" [dep]
see Gaulish -k "and" [dep]
see Venetian -ke "and" [dep]
see Hittite -ki "and" [dep]
see Armenian -kh "and" [dep]
ca, ka, cal, cla, cei, ceia "this" [az96. g/lb83, am91, mc91, mp68, pa, dep]
can, cen, cn, -can, -cn "this" demonstrative, enclitic, accusative [az96, g/lb83 76, lb/a 338, mc91, pa]
ces, cs, cS, -cas, -cS oblique demonstrative [az96]
-cla, -cle, -cleri determinative article suffix [mp68]
clth, clthi, calti "in this" [g/lb83 76, lb/a 338, mc91: 50]
see eca "this" [pa, dep]
see Latin ecce "that is" [dep]
see Hittite kas "this" [dep, mcv]
see Greek ekeinons "this" [dep]
see Nostratic *k.aE demonstrative pronoun [ag 79, b/k 32]
caca "earnings, merit" [az96]
cacei "one who attains, earns" [az96]
cacni "one who earns, artesan" [az96]
< *kag, keg "to obtain, earn, find" [az96]
see Lat. cerdo "artesan" [az96]
*cace, *cacla "servant?" [lrp 48]
cacula "soldier's servant" Latin [lrp 48]
caciu, caiu "one who hits, gets" [az96]
cacu "Cacus?" singer/seer served by Artile, ambushed by Caile and Avle Vipinas [g/lb83]
maybe connected to Cacus & Marsyas" [g/lb83]
"earnings, attainment, merit" [az96]
Cadonia Latinized name [az96: 25]
cae, cai "Caius, Gaius" [g/lb83. mc91, mp68: 233]
"happy" [az96]
< kavie [az96]
see Latin gaius, Italian gaio "happy" [az96]
Caecina Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
caerimônia "awe, religious ceremony" Latin [lrp 48, rah 59]
< *caerimo [rah 59]
< Caere, Etruscan town? [lrp 48]
cafates, cahat- family name (male) [az96, mc91: 102, gm97, g/lb83]
cafati, cahati family name (feminine) [mc91: 102, gm97]
see Latin Cafatia, Cafatius [g/lb83 57]
caic- "to be blind" < "unwary, careless" [az96]
caile name [lrp 48]
see Latin mons Caelius (Roman hill) [lrp 48]
cainei family name [g/lb83 77]
caisriva, ceizra "radiant" [az96]
< keiz-, kez- < *kaith- "(one who) hits, beats" [az96]
caiti "happiness, being happy" [az96]
cal "inclined, uncertain" [az96]
cala "suspension, doubt, uncertainty" [az96]
calaie, calaina "Galane?" [az96, g/lb83]
nereid associated with Thetis" [g/lb83]
"bent, favor" [az96]
calanice "bent, one who helps" < "inclined" [az96]
see Greek Kallínîkos [az96]
cale clante "of Gaulish heritage" [az96]
caletra town [mp68: 192]
caliathe family name [g/lb85: 121]
calisna family name [mc91: 125]
"carpenter" [az96]
calu, calus infernal demon [mp68: 407]
god of death [az96]
"dark, darkness" [az96]
calusin, calusna "pertaining to Calu" [mp68]
"to darken, funereal" [az96]
calusna "dark" [az96]
calusur "funeral, funerary" [az96]
see Nostratic *kuEl'V 'to freeze; cold" [ag 79]
calxedn "on the Chalcidian" (Delphi Inscription) [dep]
camox "mountain goat" Latin [bm 24-25]
of Rhaetian origin?
campane "from Campania?" [az96]
camthi type of magistracy [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
"low ranking official" [am91]
canth-, canth-e, canth-ce "action of camthi magistracy" [mp68]
camthi, kama "love, joy" [az/96]
camitlna, kamethlece "friend, beloved, dear" [az96]
cana "image" [g/lb85: 159, 186]
glossed by Hesykhios xanâ: "kósmêsis" [am91, g/lb85: 159, 186]
"work of art" [Pfiffig cit. g/lb85: 159]
"something beautiful" [az96, am91]
"beauty, happiness, gift, favor" [az96]
cantha, canataie, canatai "pleasant, pleasing" [az96]
canthce "censor" [g/lb83 80]
"support, sustain" [az96]
canthu "support" [az96]
canzate "(god) of clubs, sticks, forest, builder?" [az96]
< *kanthwate [az96]
canzna "green or grey eyed, shining" [az96]
see Latin caesius "green or grey eyed, shining" [az96]
see Latin caeruleus, caerulus "dark blue" [az96]
cap- "to take, to contain" [am91]
cape, capi, kape, kapi, cape-r, cape-ri "drinking vessel, container" [am91, g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep, mc91: 118]
"to obtain, grasp" [az96]
kape "grasper, conqueror (name of a divinity or person)" [az96]
ei kape "don't take" [am91]
caper, caprni, caperxva "receipt, success?" [az96]
caperi (gerund of cape) "to get, grab" [az96]
caperxva "containing (adj.)" [mp68]
capi, qapi "to grasp, take" [mc91: 118]
"fortune, success" [az96]
caplthu "to grasp, capture, receive" [az96]
capra "container, urn, funeral urn" [am91, g/lb83, mp68. mc91, dep]
< *ghebh [az96]
see Greek kámptra "box" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin capiô, capis, capere "to contain" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin captare"to get, grab, hunt" [az96]
see Greek gápos "carriage" [g/lb83, mp68]
capeva, capua, capue "Capua (town)" [g/lb83, djh 14 mc91: 142]
capevane, capuane, capuan "from Capua" [az96, mc91: 142]
see Latin Capua, Capuanus [az96, mc91: 142, g/lb83, djh 14 mc91: 142]
capne name [mc91: 50]
see Greek Kapaneús [mc91: 50]
cappa "cap, hat, chapel, cape, etc." [b/b 128]
Tyrrhenian origin?
*capr-, *capre "April" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
see Latinized Cabreas [g/lb83, mp68]
capt- "expert" [az96]
< *kat-, *kath- < **khweth- [az96]
*capu, *capus "falcon, hawk" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
Greek gloss kápus [g/lb83, mp68]
see Old English hafoc "hawk" [sag, dep]
see Germanic *capoc [dep]
capue "Capua (town)" [pa]
see Greek Kapaneús, Latin Capua [pa]
capzna, capsna "one who undertakes, entrusts" [az96]
car, kar-a, car-u, car-es-ri, cer, cer-en, cer-ine, car-ixu, "make, build" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
"to build, take care of" [am91]
cerixu "(had) built" [am91, g/lb83 69, lb 90, mc91, mp 68/75]
"to set, prepare" [az96]
cer-ixun-ce, cer-xun-ce "built, made" [am91, g/lb83, lb 90, mc91, mp 68/75]
see carathsle, cerur [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
see Latin creare "create" [dep]
see Sanskrit karoti (he does) [dep]
cara "dear, beloved, "to be pleasant" [az96]
carathsle "dear (plural), family members" [az96]
carati "affection, esteem" [az96]
see Italian caro, cara "dear" [az96]
see Celtic cara "dear" [rmcc]
carcu, carcuna, carcna, carcusa, karke, karkana, karxvanie "guard, observer" [az96]
carcer "prison" Latin of Etruscan origin [rc 74]
see Latinized Gargossa [az96]
< *ghwRgw-/*gwRgw [az96]
see Greek brabús [az96]
see Latin arbiter [az96]
< *khwargw-itr "awake, excited" [az96]
cardo "north-south temple axis" [mp68: 250]
Pre-Latin from Etruscan? [mp68: 250]
caresri "to abstain" [mp68: 404, az96]
caru "to have/take part, invite" [az96]
caSni, cazni "sharp, cutting" [az96]
caSntra, caStra "Kassándra" [az96, g/lb83, mc91: 52]
"sharp" [az96]
< *khwas-t- < **khweth- [az96]
caspre "sharp" [az96]
caspu "crack, puncture" [az96]
< *chas- [az96]
castia "grayness" < "old age" [az96]
castur, casturu "Castor" [g/lb83]
"sharp" < "punisher?" [az96]
"one who afflicts" [az96]
see Latin Castor "Castor, beaver" [az96]
catena "chain" Latin of Etruscan origin [bm 24-25]
cath, cathin "to grasp, perceive" [az96]
catha "prisoner, capture, hunt, war" [az96]
catharnai "goddess of grasping, capture, hunting" [az96]
cathe "shrewd, intelligent, sly" [az96]
cathna "perception" [az96]
cathra, cathre "to capture" > "to touch, move" [az96]
cati, cathni, catni "examination, perception" [az96]
cath-, catha, cautha, catha "sun, sun god, Helios" [cb, g/lb83 71, mp68: 251, gzb, pa, dep, EM]
generally depicted as rising from the ocean [EM]
see cathnis , cathra , cathre [gzb]
see Gothic gud "god" [dep]
see English god [dep]
catmite "Ganymede" [az96, g/lb83]
Cato Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
catrua "attainments, perceptions?" [az96]
catu "war" [az96]
caupô "merchant, tradesman" [cw 10, lrp 51, rc 74]
Latin of Etruscan origin? [cw 10, rc 74]
see Gk. kapelós < pre-IE [lrp 51]
cautam "millefolium (plant)" [az96]
cavatha, cautha, cavutha, kavtha deity [mp68: 407]
"burning, heat, god of heat" [az96]
caveth "burn (imperative)" [az96]
caz- < *kast- < *kwedh-t- "sharp, acute" [az 29 Mar 99]
cazi family name corresponding to Latin Cassius [pa]
"point, sharp" [az96]
-ce, -xe past tense suffix [az 17 Jun 99; mcv 9-2-99]
see Greek perfect in -ka [az 17 Jun 99; mcv 9-2-99]
ceanuth [az96]
see Greek kli:ne:? [az96]
cecu, cencu, cenquna, cicunia, cicunia, cincu- "one who binds, surrounds" > "group" [az96]
cehen, catica, cei-thi, cei-thim, cnticnth, icecin "this one here" [g/lb83, mp68]
cehen "to withdraw, abandon (imperative)" [az96]
cei "here, now, therefore" [az96]
locative of ca [az96]
ceice cognomen [mc91: 99]
ceicna, cecna, cencna family name [g/lb83 24, mc91: 45]
"precise, exact" < "round" [az96]
< kaikna [g/lb83 24, mc91: 45]
< *kenk/*kek/*kink/*kik [az96]
see Latin Caecina [g/lb83 24, mc91: 45]
see Latin caecus "blind" [mc91: 99]
ceisatru "one who cuts, butchers" [az96]
ceisu "piece, cut (of meat)" [az96]
< ceiz/cez- < *kaith- [az96]
ceisini family name [g/lb83 80]
ceisna "Cesena (town)" [g/lb83, djh 14]
see Latin Caesêna [g/lb83, djh 14]
ceizra, xaire, xeri, xaisrie, cisra "Cerveteri (town)" [az96, djh 14, g/lb83]
< Caere Vetus "ancient Caere" (Latin) [az96, djh 14, g/lb83]
see Greek Agylla [az96, djh 14, g/lb83]
cel deity of fate, or underworld of pars postica/pars hostilis [mp68: 251]
"cerere" [az96]
celsclan "Son of Cel (sun goddess)" [g/lb83]
cele "grown, large, tall" [az96]
celthi "augmentation, celebration" [az96]
celutule "grown, developed" [az96]
< *kel-, *kil- "to grow" [az96]
cel, celi, celu, celu-cn "cardinal point?" [mp68]
cela "room" [az96, g/lb83, mc91: 99]
see Latin cella "cell, room" [az96, g/lb83, mc91: 99]
Celeres equites century
Latin, of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
celi "September" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latinized Caelius, Celius [g/lb83, mp68]
celia, celi "honored, exalted, glorified?" > "sacrificed" > "killed" [az96]
celu priestly title [g/lb83, mp68]
"sacrificing" [az96]
celthi, calthi "in this" [g/lb85: 158]
locative of demonstrative [g/lb85: 158]
cemnax "completer, one who perfects, carries to perfection" (deity) [az96]
cemu- "burden, heavy" > "rozzo?" [az96]
cemul "heap, pile" [az96]
cen "gift, pleasing thing" [az96]
cena "to be pleasing" [az96]
cenecu "pleasing thing" > "gift" [az96]
cencu cognomen [mc91: 102]
centena "goose" [az96]
cenu "to concede, favor?" [az96]
cep-, cepen, cipen, cepen-e, cep-ta, cep-ar priestly title [g/lb83, mp68]
rector, president, head" [az96]
cepen cilthcva "rector of the haruspex (or fulminators) [az96]
cepen thaurx "funerary priest" [mp68: 264]
see Latin cupencus "priest of Hercules" [lrp 57]
cepta "attainment, merit?" [az96]
cêra "wax. writing tablet" Latin via Etruscan [g/lb85: 83]
from Greek [g/lb85: 83]
cerca name [mc91: 40]
see Greek Kíkra [mc91: 40]
ceren, cerence "to discern" [az96]
cerene "discerning" [az96]
cerine "built" [mc91: 137]
"image, vision" [az96]
ces-, ceS, ceS-u, ceS-eth-ce "to place, be place, rest, lie" [g/lb83]
cesasin "to cease, yield" [az96]
cese "to place or lie?" [az96]
cesethce, cina "(has) placed, laid, lain" [am91, az96]
cesu, ceSu "to lie, to be found, placed" [az96, g/lb83 84, mc91]
ceSu "one who indulges, puts off, delays" [az96]
ceSum "to be inert" [az96]
cetse "rest, cease";
< *ketsu [az96]
see Latin cesso "to stop, loiter" [az96 12]
< *cedso < *ceds- [az96 12]
cesi < ceisi name [mc91: 45]
cestna, xeste "sharp" [az96]
< *khwest- [az96]
cesu "piece, trunk" [az96]
< *khwest- [az96]
cesunia cognomen [mc91: 102]
Cethegus Latin name of Etruscan origin [pb 24-25]
ceus "family, companion" [az96]
ceusn "family, community" [az96]
< *kiw-is [az96]
see Latin civis "community, city" [rmcc]
cexa "above, over" [mc91]
cexa, cexe "sacred ceremony, rite, right, law: praetor" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
"reward" < "(one who) finds, gets" [az96]
cexane derivative of cexa, cexe [mp68]
"deserving" [az96]
cexaneri derivative of cexa, cexe [mp68]
see zilx cexaneri priestly office [mp68]
"commendable" [az96]
cexase "magistracy, priesthood" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
cexaneri "magistracies, the priesthood" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
cexasiethur "belonging to the priesthood" [mp68]
"meritable" [az96]
cexinia "getting" [az96]
< *keg-, *kag- "getting" [az96]
cezp "eight" [am91, cb, g/lb83, mc91, mp68]
< ce, ci "three" + *zp "five? [er 1 Mar 99]
< hand?"
< *kez ? "sharp" [mcv 19 May 98]
cezpalx "eighty" [g/lb83, jf 141, mc91, mp68]
cezpz "eight times" [g/lb83 80, mc91]
see *c'ap.a, variant of Nostratic *dz'ap.a "to take in hands, to grasp, to gather" [ag 1978]
cezte "one who cuts, splits" [az96]
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