Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/táuros
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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).
Noun edit
*táuros m[1]
Inflection edit
| O-stem, masc./fem. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *táuros | ||
| Genitive | *táuroyyo | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | *táuros | *táurō | *táuroi |
| Vocative | *táure | *táurō | *táuroi |
| Accusative | *táuron | *táurō | *táurons |
| Genitive | *táuroyyo | *táuroyyun | *táurōn |
| Dative | *táurōi | *táuroyyun | *táurois |
| Locative | *táuroi, -ei | ? | *táuroihi |
| Instrumental | *táurō | ? | *táurōis |
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: ταῦρος (taûros) (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταῦρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1455-1456