Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wēros

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 *weh₁ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).

Adjective

*wēros (comparative *wērjōs, superlative *wērisemos, adverb *wērēd)[1]

  1. true

Inflection

Declension of *wēros (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wēros *wērā *wērom
vocative *wēre *wēra *wērom
accusative *wērom *wēram *wērom
genitive *wērosjo, wērī *wērās *wērosjo, wērī
dative *wērōi *wērāi *wērōi
ablative *wērōd *wērād *wērōd
locative *wērei *wērāi *wērei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wērōs, wēroi *wērās *wērā
vocative *wērōs, wēroi *wērās *wērā
accusative *wērons *wērans *wērā
genitive *wērom *wērāzōm *wērom
dative *wērois *wērais *wērois
ablative *wērois *wērais *wērois
locative *wērois *wērais *wērois

Descendants

  • Latin: vērus (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: berus

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vērus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 668
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