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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-és, from *bʰleh₃- (bloom, flower).

Noun edit

*flōs m[1]

  1. flower, blossom

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

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

Descendants edit

  • Latin: flōs (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  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