Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kornū

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 *ḱorh₂u, *ḱr̥h₂-no-s, both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn).[1] The U was reanalysed as the noun ending with an N spliced between the original base and the ending with the U extended to the oblique endings.

    Noun

    *kornū n[1]

    1. horn

    Declension

    Declension of *kornū (u-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
    vocative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
    accusative *kornu (kornū?) *kornwā, kornūā?
    genitive *kornous, kornwos *kornwom (kornowom?)
    dative *kornowei *kornuβos
    ablative *kornūd *kornuβos
    locative *kornou? *kornuβos

    Descendants

    • Latin: cornū (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cornū, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136