Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/luβros

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 *lubʰrós, from *lewbʰ- (peel, cut off, harm).

Noun edit

*luβros m[1][2]

  1. book

Declension edit

o-stemDeclension of *luβros (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *luβros *luβrōs, luβroi
vocative *luβre *luβrōs, luβroi
accusative *luβrom *luβrons
genitive *luβrosjo, luβrī *luβrom
dative *luβrōi *luβrois
ablative *luβrōd *luβrois
locative *luβrei *luβrois

Descendants edit

  • Latin: liber (see there for further descendants)
  • Paelignian: lifar

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “liber, -brī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 337-8
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN