Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷōs

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 *gʷṓws.

    Noun

    *gʷōs m or f

    1. cow

    Declension

    Declension of *gʷōs (consonant stem, irregular)
    singular plural
    nominative *gʷōs *gʷowes
    vocative *gʷōs *gʷowes
    accusative *gʷōm *gʷouns? *gʷowens?
    genitive *gʷowes, gʷowos *gʷowom
    dative *gʷowei *gʷouβos
    ablative *gʷowi? gʷowe? *gʷouβos
    locative *gʷowi? gʷowe? *gʷouβos

    Descendants

    • Osco-Umbrian:
      • Umbrian: bum
      • → Latin: bōs
      • Volscian: *būm (acc.sg.)?
        • >? Volscian: bim (acc.sg.)
      • *bou-ed-io- (“place where cattle are fed”)?

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bōs, bovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74–75
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