Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/proβwos

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 *pro-bʰuH-ó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”).[1]

Adjective

*proβwos

  1. favourable
  2. correct

Reconstruction notes

The -βw- cluster was simplified to *-β- at some point.

Inflection

Declension of *proβwos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *proβwos *proβwā *proβwom
vocative *proβwe *proβwa *proβwom
accusative *proβwom *proβwam *proβwom
genitive *proβwosjo, proβwī *proβwās *proβwosjo, proβwī
dative *proβwōi *proβwāi *proβwōi
ablative *proβwōd *proβwād *proβwōd
locative *proβwei *proβwāi *proβwei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *proβwōs, proβwoi *proβwās *proβwā
vocative *proβwōs, proβwoi *proβwās *proβwā
accusative *proβwons *proβwans *proβwā
genitive *proβwom *proβwāzōm *proβwom
dative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois
ablative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois
locative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois

Derived terms

  • *proβw-āō (factitive verb)
  • *proβw-ēd (“correctly, properly”, adverb)
    • Latin: probē
    • Umbrian: 𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌄 (prufe)
    • ⇒ *ən-proβw-ēd (“incorrectly, improperly”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 145, 160
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