Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wetelos

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 *wet- (“year”) +‎ *-elos.

Noun

*wetelos m (feminine *wetelā)^[1]

bull calf, yearling

Inflection

o-stemDeclension of *wetelos (o-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*wetelos	*wetelōs, weteloi
vocative	*wetele	*wetelōs, weteloi
accusative	*wetelom	*wetelons
genitive	*wetelosjo, wetelī	*wetelom
dative	*wetelōi	*wetelois
ablative	*wetelōd	*wetelois
locative	*wetelei	*wetelois

Descendants

Latin: vitulus
Umbrian: 𐌅𐌉𐌕𐌋𐌖 (vitlu, accusative sg.), 𐌅𐌉𐌕𐌋𐌖𐌚 (vitluf, accusative pl.)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vitulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 685

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vitulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 685

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