Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rouðos

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 *h₁rowdʰ-ós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.[1]

Adjective edit

*rouðos

  1. red

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: rōbus (with irregular (dialectal?) ō)
  • Osco-Umbrian:
    • Umbrian: rofu (acc. pl. m.), rofa (acc. pl. f.)
    • Latin: rūfus (Osco-Umbrian loan due to -f-)

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rūfus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528