Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/agros

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

*agros m[1]

  1. field

Declension

Declension of *agros (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *agros *agrōs, agroi
vocative *agre *agrōs, agroi
accusative *agrom *agrons
genitive *agrosjo, agrī *agrom
dative *agrōi *agrois
ablative *agrōd *agrois
locative *agrei *agrois

Descendants

  • Latin: ager (see there for further descendants)
  • Osco-Umbrian:
  • ⇒ *agrolos m (“small plot of land”, noun)[2]
    • Latin: agellus (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: 𐌀𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌋𐌋𐌞𐌃 (agerllúd, ablative singular)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ager, -grī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
  2. ^ Meiser, Gerhard (23 October 2017) “47. The phonology of Italic”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], De Gruyter, page 748
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