Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/weikos

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 *weyḱós, from *weyḱ- (“village, settlement”).^[1] Latin vīcus has alternatively been explained as a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *woyḱ-os,^[2]^[3] though the expected outcome would be **vūcus and—according to De Vaan—there are no other known examples of *wey- > *vī- in Latin.^[1]

Noun

*weikos m

village

Declension

Declension of *weikos (o-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*weikos	*weikōs, weikoi
vocative	*weike	*weikōs, weikoi
accusative	*weikom	*weikons
genitive	*weikosjo, weikī	*weikom
dative	*weikōi	*weikois
ablative	*weikōd	*weikois
locative	*weikei	*weikois

Descendants

Latin: vīcus
→ Etruscan: 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 675
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ṷik̑s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 622: “*ṷóik̑os”
^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 143

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 675

[EIEC-2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ṷik̑s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 622: “*ṷóik̑os”

[3] Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 143

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