Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gnāwos

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (know) (whence Latin nōscō (to know, recognize)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).

Adjective

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*gnāwos[1][2]

  1. diligent

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Latin: nāvus, gnāvus
  • Oscan: Γναυς (Gnaus, nom. sg. of a praenomen)

References

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  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2016) Oscan in the Greek Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “(g)nāvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268