Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/worβis

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 *werbʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun

*worβis f[1]

  1. city

Declension

Declension of *worβis (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *worβis *worβēs
vocative *worβis *worβēs
accusative *worβim *worβins
genitive *worβeis *worβjom
dative *worβei *worβiβos
ablative *worβīd *worβiβos
locative *worβei *worβiβos
  • *werβ-ālis (“relating to enclosure”)
    • Umbrian: 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “temple”)

Descendants

  • Latin: urbs (see there for further descendants)
  • Marsian: urbi

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
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