Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kowiriom

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 either:

  • Usually envisioned as a derivative of something like *kom- (“together”) +‎ *wiros (“man”) +‎ *-jom, literally “assembly of men”.[1]
  • Vine envisions instead a derivation from *kom- (“together”) +‎ *wēros (“true”) +‎ *-jom, literally “[social group with] mutual trust”.[2]

Noun

*kowiriom n

  1. assembly

Declension

Declension of *kowiriom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kowiriom *kowiriā
vocative *kowiriom *kowiriā
accusative *kowiriom *kowiriā
genitive *kowiriosjo, *kowiriī *kowiriom
dative *kowiriōi *kowiriois
ablative *kowiriōd *kowiriois
locative *kowiriei *kowiriois

Descendants

  • ⇒ Latin: cūria
  • Volscian: couehriu (abl. sg.)

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, page 157
  2. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2022) “The Tabula Veliterna: A Sacred Law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e di Dialettologia, volume 24, pages 9-49
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