Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/opos

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 *h₃ép-os, from *h₃ep- (“to produce”) +‎ *-os. Cognate with Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work”).[1]

Noun

*opos n[1]

  1. work

Declension

Declension of *opos (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *opos *oposā
vocative *opos *oposā
accusative *opos *oposā
genitive *oposes, oposos *oposom
dative *oposei *oposβos
ablative *oposi? opose? *oposβos
locative *oposi? opose? *oposβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: opus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “opus, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
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