Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hāns

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 *ǵʰh₂éns (goose).

Noun

*hāns f[1]

  1. goose

Declension

Declension of *hāns (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *hāns *han(e)zes
vocative *hāns *han(e)zes
accusative *han(e)zem *han(e)zens
genitive *han(e)zes, han(e)zos *han(e)zom
dative *han(e)zei *han(e)zβos
ablative *han(e)zi? han(e)ze? *han(e)zβos
locative *han(e)zi? han(e)ze? *han(e)zβos

Descendants

  • Latin: ānser (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ānser”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44