Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kerwos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós.

Noun[edit]

*kerwos m[1]

  1. deer

Inflection[edit]

o-stemDeclension of *kerwos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *kerwos *kerwōs, kerwoi
vocative *kerwe *kerwōs, kerwoi
accusative *kerwom *kerwons
genitive *kerwosjo, kerwī *kerwom
dative *kerwōi *kerwois
ablative *kerwōd *kerwois
locative *kerwei *kerwois

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: cervus (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN