Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/loukos

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

Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-os (“place of light”), from the root *lewk- (“light”).[1]

Noun

*loukos m

  1. sacred grove

Declension

Declension of *loukos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *loukos *loukōs, loukoi
vocative *louke *loukōs, loukoi
accusative *loukom *loukons
genitive *loukosjo, loukī *loukom
dative *loukōi *loukois
ablative *loukōd *loukois
locative *loukei *loukois

Descendants

  • Old Latin: loucos
    • Latin: lūcus (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌊𐌄𐌝 (lúvkeí)
  • Umbrian: 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌖 (vuku, acc. sg.), 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌄𐌔 (vukes, gen. sg.), 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌄 (vuke, loc. sg.)
  • >? Volscian: 𐌉𐌞𐌊𐌞𐌇 (iúkúh)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350
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