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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kankros

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

Dissimilation from *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (circular), reduplication of *(s)ker- (to turn, bend) in the sense of "enclosure".

Semantic etymology: because the pincers of a crab form a circle.

Noun

*kankros m

  1. crab

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *kankros (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kankros *kankrōs, -oi
vocative *kankre *kankrōs, -oi
accusative *kankrom *kankrons
genitive *kankrosjo, -ī *kankrom
dative *kankrōi *kankrois
ablative *kankrōd *kankrois
locative *kankrei *kankrois

Descendants

  • Latin: cancer (see there for further descendants)
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