uouse

Umbrian

Etymology

Uncertain. Poultney suggests that it may derive from Proto-Italic *wofçjo-, from *wofikjo, from *woɣʷikjo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. It is connected to Latin voveō, from Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō.

Noun

uouse (singular) (late Iguvine)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: vow

Usage notes

Poultney lists the term as locative singular, whereas Buck lists the term as dative singular.

References

  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 332
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 352
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 691
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