Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/flōs

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 *bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-és, from *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”).

Noun

*flōs m^[1]

flower, blossom

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *flōs (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*flōs	*flōzes
vocative	*flōs	*flōzes
accusative	*flōzem	*flōzens
genitive	*flōzes, flōzos	*flōzom
dative	*flōzei	*flōzβos
ablative	*flōzi? flōze?	*flōzβos
locative	*flōzi? flōze?	*flōzβos

Derived terms

*Flōzā
- Latin: Flōra
- Oscan: fluusai (genitive singular)

Descendants

Latin: flōs (see there for further descendants)

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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