Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷōs

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 *gʷṓws.

Noun

*gʷōs m or f

  1. cow

Declension

Declension of *gʷōs (consonant stem, irregular)
singular plural
nominative *gʷōs *gʷowes
vocative *gʷōs *gʷowes
accusative *gʷōm *gʷouns? *gʷowens?
genitive *gʷowes, gʷowos *gʷowom
dative *gʷowei *gʷouβos
ablative *gʷowi? gʷowe? *gʷouβos
locative *gʷowi? gʷowe? *gʷouβos

Descendants

  • Osco-Umbrian:
    • Umbrian: bum
    • → Latin: bōs
    • Volscian: *būm (acc.sg.)?
      • >? Volscian: bim (acc.sg.)
    • *bou-ed-io- (“place where cattle are fed”)?

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bōs, bovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74–75
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