Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/paukos

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 *peh₂ukos, from *peh₂w- (“few, little”).[1]

    Adjective

    *paukos (comparative *paukjōs, superlative *paukisemos)

    1. few

    Inflection

    Declension of *paukos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *paukos *paukā *paukom
    vocative *pauke *pauka *paukom
    accusative *paukom *paukam *paukom
    genitive *paukosjo, paukī *paukās *paukosjo, paukī
    dative *paukōi *paukāi *paukōi
    ablative *paukōd *paukād *paukōd
    locative *paukei *paukāi *paukei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *paukōs, paukoi *paukās *paukā
    vocative *paukōs, paukoi *paukās *paukā
    accusative *paukons *paukans *paukā
    genitive *paukom *paukāzōm *paukom
    dative *paukois *paukais *paukois
    ablative *paukois *paukais *paukois
    locative *paukois *paukais *paukois

    Descendants

    • Latin: paucus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “paucus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 450-1
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