Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/opos

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 *h₃ép-os, from *h₃ep- (“to produce”) +‎ *-os. Cognate with Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work”).

Noun

*opos n

1. work

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *opos (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*opos	*opā
vocative	*opos	*opā
accusative	*opos	*opā
genitive	*opes, opos	*opom
dative	*opei	*opβos
ablative	*opi? ope?	*opβos
locative	*opi? ope?	*opβos

Derived terms

• *opezāō
  • Latin: operor
  • Oscan:

    𐌞𐌐𐌔𐌀𐌍𐌍𐌞𐌌 (úpsannúm), 𐌞𐌐𐌔𐌀𐌍𐌍𐌖 (úpsannu, gerundive.acc.sg.m.n.)

    𐌞𐌐𐌔𐌀𐌍𐌍𐌀𐌌 (úpsannam), 𐌞𐌐𐌔𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌 (úpsanam, gerundive.acc.sg.f.)

    οπσανω (opsanō, gerundive.acc.pl.n.)

    𐌞𐌐𐌔𐌄𐌃 (úpsed), 𐌖𐌐𐌔𐌄𐌃 (upsed, 3s.pf.)

    𐌖𐌖𐌐𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌔 (uupsens), 𐌖𐌐𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌔 (upsens), ουπσενς (oupsens, 3p.pf.)

    𐌖𐌐𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌇 𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌕 (upsatuh sent, 3p.pf.ps.n.?)

  • Paelignian: upsaseter (3s/p.ipf.sb.ps.)
  • South Picene:

    ·𐌐𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌞·𐌌 (opesaúom, inf.)

    ·𐌐𐌔𐌞𐌕 (opsút), ·𐌐𐌔𐌞𐌒 (opsúq, 3s.pf.)

  • Umbrian:

    osatu (3s.ipv.II)

    oset(a est), oseto (est) (3s.pf.ps.f.)

  • Vestinian: ośens (3p.pf.)

Descendants

• Latin: opus (see there for further descendants)