Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fworom

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 *θworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwor-om (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).[1]

Other Indo-European thematic derivatives of this root are Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”).

Noun

*fworom n[1]

  1. forum

Declension

Declension of *fworom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fworom *fworā
vocative *fworom *fworā
accusative *fworom *fworā
genitive *fworosjo, *fworī *fworom
dative *fworōi *fworois
ablative *fworōd *fworois
locative *fworei *fworois

Descendants

  • Latin: forum (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: 𐌚𐌖𐌓𐌖 (furu), furo (acc. sg.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “forum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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