Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kerwos

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós
Proto-Italic *kerwos

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“head; horns”).

    Noun

    *kerwos m[1]

    1. deer

    Inflection

    Declension of *kerwos (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *kerwos *kerwōs, kerwoi
    vocative *kerwe *kerwōs, kerwoi
    accusative *kerwom *kerwons
    genitive *kerwosjo, kerwī *kerwom
    dative *kerwōi *kerwois
    ablative *kerwōd *kerwois
    locative *kerwei *kerwois

    Descendants

    • Latin: cervus (see there for further descendants)

    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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