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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os, from *h₃ep- (to produce) +‎ *-os. Cognate with Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, work).[1]

Noun edit

*opos n[1]

  1. work

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: opus (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “opus, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432