Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Kerēs
Proto-Italic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₁-, *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, nourish”), with further connections to *ḱer- (“to grow”) uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek κορέννῡμῐ (korénnūmi, “to satiate”), Lithuanian šérti (“to feed”), Old High German hirso (“millet”).[1]
Proper noun
edit*Kerēs f[1]
Inflection
editconsonant stemDeclension of *Kerēs (consonant stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *Kerēs | *Kerezes |
vocative | *Kerēs | *Kerezes |
accusative | *Kerezem | *Kerezens |
genitive | *Kerezes, Kerezos | *Kerezom |
dative | *Kerezei | *Kerezβos |
ablative | *Kerezi? Kereze? | *Kerezβos |
locative | *Kerezi? Kereze? | *Kerezβos |
Derived terms
edit- *Keresos (male counterpart)
- *keresjos (“belonging to Ceres”)
Descendants
edit- Latino-Faliscan:
- Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝 (kerrí, dat. sg.)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “Cerēs, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 109-110