Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/keiwis

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 *ḱey- (“to settle, be lying down”).

Noun

*keiwis m^[1]

society
(possibly) citizen

Declension

i-stemDeclension of *keiwis (i-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*keiwis	*keiwēs
vocative	*keiwis	*keiwēs
accusative	*keiwim	*keiwins
genitive	*keiweis	*keiwjom
dative	*keiwei	*keiwiβos
ablative	*keiwīd	*keiwiβos
locative	*keiwei	*keiwiβos

Descendants

Old Latin: ceivis, *cẹ̄vis
- Latin: cīvis
Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌖𐌔 (keus)

References

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

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

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