Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kankros
Proto-Italic edit
Etymology edit
Dissimilation from *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥-kr̥- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure".
Semantic etymology: because the pincers of a crab form a circle.[1]
Noun edit
*kankros m
Declension edit
o-stemDeclension of *kankros (o-stem) | ||
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case | singular | plural |
nominative | *kankros | *kankrōs, kankroi |
vocative | *kankre | *kankrōs, kankroi |
accusative | *kankrom | *kankrons |
genitive | *kankrosjo, kankrī | *kankrom |
dative | *kankrōi | *kankrois |
ablative | *kankrōd | *kankrois |
locative | *kankrei | *kankrois |
Descendants edit
- Latin: cancer (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 86-7