Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/proβwos

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 *pro-bʰuH-ó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”).[1]

    Adjective

    *proβwos

    1. favourable
    2. correct

    Reconstruction notes

    The -βw- cluster was simplified to *-β- at some point.

    Inflection

    Declension of *proβwos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *proβwos *proβwā *proβwom
    vocative *proβwe *proβwa *proβwom
    accusative *proβwom *proβwam *proβwom
    genitive *proβwosjo, proβwī *proβwās *proβwosjo, proβwī
    dative *proβwōi *proβwāi *proβwōi
    ablative *proβwōd *proβwād *proβwōd
    locative *proβwei *proβwāi *proβwei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *proβwōs, proβwoi *proβwās *proβwā
    vocative *proβwōs, proβwoi *proβwās *proβwā
    accusative *proβwons *proβwans *proβwā
    genitive *proβwom *proβwāzōm *proβwom
    dative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois
    ablative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois
    locative *proβwois *proβwais *proβwois

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: probus
    • Paelignian: pros

    References

    1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 145, 160
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