Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/awis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun

*awis f^[1]

bird

Declension

i-stemDeclension of *awis (i-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*awis	*awēs
vocative	*awis	*awēs
accusative	*awim	*awins
genitive	*aweis	*awjom
dative	*awei	*awiβos
ablative	*awīd	*awiβos
locative	*awei	*awiβos

Descendants

Latin: avis, aucellus (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
Umbrian: 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌚 (avif)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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