Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/woss

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 *wódʰs, a root noun from *wedʰ- (“to lead”).[1]

Noun

*woss m

  1. surety, bail

Declension

Declension of *woss (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *woss *waðes
vocative *woss *waðes
accusative *waðem *waðens
genitive *waðes, waðos *waðom
dative *waðei *waðβos
ablative *waði? waðe? *waðβos
locative *waði? waðe? *waðβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: vas (“bail”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vas, vadis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655
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