Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/woss

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 *wódʰs, a root noun from *wedʰ- (“to lead”).^[1]

Noun

*woss m

surety, bail

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *woss (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*woss	*waðes
vocative	*woss	*waðes
accusative	*waðem	*waðens
genitive	*waðes, waðos	*waðom
dative	*waðei	*waðβos
ablative	*waði? waðe?	*waðβos
locative	*waði? waðe?	*waðβos

Derived terms

*waðemōniom

Descendants

Latin: vas (“bail”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655

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