Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/táuros

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).

Noun

*táuros m[1]

  1. bull

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
singular dual plural
nominative *táuros *táurō *táuroi
vocative *táure *táurō *táuroi
accusative *táuron *táurō *táurons
genitive *táuroyyo *táuroyyun *táurōn
dative *táurōi *táuroyyun *táurois
locative *táuroi, -ei — *táuroihi
instrumental *táurō — *táurōis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ταῦρος (taûros) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταῦρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1455-1456
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