Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/worβis

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 *werbʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun

*worβis f^[1]

city

Declension

i-stemDeclension of *worβis (i-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*worβis	*worβēs
vocative	*worβis	*worβēs
accusative	*worβim	*worβins
genitive	*worβeis	*worβjom
dative	*worβei	*worβiβos
ablative	*worβīd	*worβiβos
locative	*worβei	*worβiβos

Descendants

Latin: urbs (see there for further descendants)
Marsian: urbi

References

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

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

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