Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kankros

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

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

*kankros m

enclosure, fence
crab

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *kankros (o-stem)
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

Latin: cancer (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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

[1] 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

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