Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/breɣʷis

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 *mréǵʰus, with declension shift from *u-stem to *i-stem.^[1]

Adjective

*breɣʷis (comparative *breɣʷjōs, superlative *breɣʷisemos)^[1]

short, small
Antonym: *dlongos

Declension

Declension of *breɣʷis (i-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*breɣʷis	*breɣʷis	*breɣʷe
vocative	*breɣʷis	*breɣʷis	*breɣʷe
accusative	*breɣʷim	*breɣʷim	*breɣʷe
genitive	*breɣʷeis	*breɣʷeis	*breɣʷjes
dative	*breɣʷei	*breɣʷei	*breɣʷei
ablative	*breɣʷīd	*breɣʷīd	*breɣʷīd
locative	*breɣʷei	*breɣʷei	*breɣʷei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*breɣʷēs	*breɣʷēs	*breɣʷjā
vocative	*breɣʷēs	*breɣʷēs	*breɣʷjā
accusative	*breɣʷins	*breɣʷins	*breɣʷjā
genitive	*breɣʷjom	*breɣʷjom	*breɣʷjom
dative	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos
ablative	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos
locative	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos	*breɣʷiβos

Derived terms

*breɣʷisemos
- Latin: brevissimus

Descendants

Latin: brevis (see there for further descendants)
>? South Picene: 𐌁𐌓𐌝𐌌𐌄𐌒𐌋𐌞𐌝 (brímeqlúí)
>? South Picene: 𐌁𐌓𐌝𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌃𐌉𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌔 (brímeidinais, “brief period of time (?)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “brevis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “brevis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

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