Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/uksōr

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

Unknown.[1] Attempts have been made to derive it from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn, but are semantically and phonetically problematic.

Noun edit

*uksōr f

  1. wife

Inflection edit

consonant stemDeclension of *uksōr (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *uksōr *uksores
vocative *uksōr *uksores
accusative *uksorem *uksorens
genitive *uksores, uksoros *uksorom
dative *uksorei *uksorəβos
ablative *uksori? uksore? *uksorəβos
locative *uksori? uksore? *uksorəβos

Descendants edit

  • Faliscan: 𐌖𐌗𐌏𐌓 (uxor), 𐌖𐌗𐌏 (uxo)
  • Latin: uxor
  • Paelignian: usur

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “uxor, -ōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 648-649