Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rowos

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 *rewh₁os, from *rewh₁- (“open space, field”). Cognate with Old Irish róe (“flat field”), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, “open space”), English room.[1]

Noun

*rowos n[1]

  1. country, countryside, open land

Inflection

Declension of *rowos (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *rowos *rowezā
vocative *rowos *rowezā
accusative *rowos *rowezā
genitive *rowezes, rowezos *rowezom
dative *rowezei *rowezβos
ablative *rowezi? roweze? *rowezβos
locative *rowezi? roweze? *rowezβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: rūs

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rūs, rūrīs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531
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