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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷōs

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

*gʷōs f

  1. cow

Declension

consonant stem, irregularDeclension of *gʷōs (consonant stem, irregular)
singular plural
nominative *gʷōs *gʷowes
vocative *gʷōs *gʷowes
accusative *gʷōm *gʷouns? *gʷowens?
genitive *gʷowes, -os *gʷowom
dative *gʷowei *gʷouβos
ablative *gʷowi? -e? *gʷouβos
locative *gʷowi? -e? *gʷouβos

Descendants

  • Umbrian: 𐌁𐌖𐌌 (bum) (accusative singular), bue (ablative singular), 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf), buf (accusative plural)
  • Volscian: bim < *būm (accusative singular)
  • Latin: bōs (loanword from Sabellic, the expected inherited form would have *v-)
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