Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wiros

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 *wiHrós.

    Noun

    *wiros m[1]

    1. a man

    Declension

    Declension of *wiros (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *wiros *wirōs, wiroi
    vocative *wire *wirōs, wiroi
    accusative *wirom *wirons
    genitive *wirosjo, wirī *wirom
    dative *wirōi *wirois
    ablative *wirōd *wirois
    locative *wirei *wirois

    Descendants

    • Latin: vir
    • Umbrian: uiro, ueiro (accusative plural)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vir”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 681