Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/werom

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 *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). Untermann alternatively envisions a derivation from *wer- (“to watch”) instead.

Noun

*werom n

1. gate

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *werom (o-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*werom	*werā
vocative	*werom	*werā
accusative	*werom	*werā
genitive	*werosjo, *werī	*werom
dative	*werōi	*werois
ablative	*werōd	*werois
locative	*werei	*werois

Descendants

• Oscan: 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌖 (veru, acc. pl.), 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (veruis, loc. pl.)
• Umbrian: 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌀 (vera, acc. pl.), 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌄 (verufe), verofe (acc. pl. with postposition), 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (veres), verir (abl. pl.), verisco (abl. pl. with postposition)