Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/peku

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 *péḱu (“cattle”).^[1]

Noun

*peku n

cattle

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *peku (u-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*peku (pekū?)	*pekwā, pekūā?
vocative	*peku (pekū?)	*pekwā, pekūā?
accusative	*peku (pekū?)	*pekwā, pekūā?
genitive	*pekous, pekwos	*pekwom (pekowom?)
dative	*pekowei	*pekuβos
ablative	*pekūd	*pekuβos
locative	*pekou?	*pekuβos

Descendants

Latin: pecū
Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌒𐌏 (peqo, “wealth”, acc. pl.)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pecu (pecū)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pecu (pecū)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454

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