Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/jokos

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 *yók-os, from *yek- (“to utter”) +‎ *-os (action noun suffix).

Noun

*jokos m^[1]

utterance

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *jokos (o-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*jokos	*jokōs, jokoi
vocative	*joke	*jokōs, jokoi
accusative	*jokom	*jokons
genitive	*jokosjo, jokī	*jokom
dative	*jokōi	*jokois
ablative	*jokōd	*jokois
locative	*jokei	*jokois

Related terms

*jokom
- Umbrian: 𐌉𐌖𐌊𐌀 (iuka), 𐌉𐌖𐌊𐌖 (iuku, “prayers”, acc. pl.)

Descendants

Latin: iocus (“joke, amusement”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iocus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iocus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308

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