Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pūr

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 *péh₂wr̥. The N-stem oblique paradigm was lost, with the noun being a pure R-stem; if it retained its oblique N-stem pattern, its oblique base would have most likely been *pun-.

Noun

*pūr n[1]

  1. fire
    Synonym: *əngʷnis

Declension

Declension of *pūr (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *pūr *purā
vocative *pūr *purā
accusative *pūr *purā
genitive *pures, puros *purom
dative *purei *purβos
ablative *puri? pure? *purβos
locative *puri? pure? *purβos

Derived terms

  • *puragō
    • Latin: pūrgō (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌉𐌓 (pir), pir (nom./acc. sg.), 𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌄 (pure, abl. sg.), pureto (abl. sg. with suffixed -to)
  • Oscan: 𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝 (purasiaí, loc. sg.) (*-āsios adjective)[2]

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 500
  2. ^ Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 29