Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/juwen-

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 *h₂yéwHō (“young”).

Adjective

*juwen-[1]

  1. young
    Antonym: *seneks

Descendants

  • Latin: iuvenis (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “iuvenis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 317-8
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