Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/loukos
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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
editEtymology
editGenerally derived from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-os (“place of light”), from the root *lewk- (“light”).[1]
Noun
edit*loukos m
- sacred grove
Declension
edit| o-stemDeclension of *loukos (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *loukos | *loukōs, loukoi |
| vocative | *louke | *loukōs, loukoi |
| accusative | *loukom | *loukons |
| genitive | *loukosjo, loukī | *loukom |
| dative | *loukōi | *loukois |
| ablative | *loukōd | *loukois |
| locative | *loukei | *loukois |
Descendants
edit- Old Latin: loucos
- Latin: lūcus (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌊𐌄𐌝 (lúvkeí)
- Umbrian: 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌖 (vuku, acc. sg.), 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌄𐌔 (vukes, gen. sg.), 𐌅𐌖𐌊𐌄 (vuke, loc. sg.)
References
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350