Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/jowos

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 *h₂yew- (straight, right).[1]

Noun

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*jowos n[1]

  1. court of law
  2. oath

Declension

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consonant stemDeclension of *jowos (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *jowos *jowezā
vocative *jowos *jowezā
accusative *jowos *jowezā
genitive *jowezes, jowezos *jowezom
dative *jowezei *jowezβos
ablative *jowezi? joweze? *jowezβos
locative *jowezi? joweze? *jowezβos

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Latin: ious
    • Latin: iūs (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iūs, -ris 'law'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-7