Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/feros

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 earlier *xʷeros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwéros, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

    Adjective

    *feros[1]

    1. wild, savage

    Declension

    Declension of *feros (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *feros *ferā *ferom
    vocative *fere *fera *ferom
    accusative *ferom *feram *ferom
    genitive *ferosjo, ferī *ferās *ferosjo, ferī
    dative *ferōi *ferāi *ferōi
    ablative *ferōd *ferād *ferōd
    locative *ferei *ferāi *ferei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *ferōs, feroi *ferās *ferā
    vocative *ferōs, feroi *ferās *ferā
    accusative *ferons *ferans *ferā
    genitive *ferom *ferāzōm *ferom
    dative *ferois *ferais *ferois
    ablative *ferois *ferais *ferois
    locative *ferois *ferais *ferois

    Descendants

    • Latin: ferus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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