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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/loizā

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 *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈloi̯.zaː/

Noun

*loizā f [1]

  1. furrow

Declension
ā-stemDeclension of *loizā (ā-stem)
singular plural
nominative *loizā *loizās
vocative *loiza *loizās
accusative *loizām, -am *loizans
genitive *loizās *loizāzom
dative *loizāi *loizais
ablative *loizād *loizais
locative *loizāi *loizais

Descendants
  • Latin: līra, dēlīrus
  • Oscan: 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 (luisarifs, ablative plural, the name of a month, perhaps “in which the furrows are drawn”)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 245
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