Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moiros

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 *moy-ro-, from *mey- (to build).

Noun edit

*moiros m[1]

  1. wall

Declension edit

o-stemDeclension of *moiros (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *moiros *moirōs, moiroi
vocative *moire *moirōs, moiroi
accusative *moirom *moirons
genitive *moirosjo, moirī *moirom
dative *moirōi *moirois
ablative *moirōd *moirois
locative *moirei *moirois

Descendants edit

  • Latin: mūrus (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396