Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kornū

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 *ḱorh₂u, *ḱr̥h₂-no-s, both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).[1] The U was reanalysed as the noun ending with an N spliced between the original base and the ending with the U extended to the oblique endings.

Noun

*kornū n[1]

  1. horn

Declension

Declension of *kornū (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
vocative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
accusative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
genitive *kornous, kornwos *kornwom (kornowom?)
dative *kornowei *kornuβos
ablative *kornūd *kornuβos
locative *kornou? *kornuβos

Descendants

  • Latin: cornū (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cornū, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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