Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/awis

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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]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun[edit]

*awis f[1]

  1. bird

Declension[edit]

i-stemDeclension of *awis (i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *awis *awēs
vocative *awis *awēs
accusative *awim *awins
genitive *aweis *awjom
dative *awei *awiβos
ablative *awīd *awiβos
locative *awei *awiβos

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: avis, aucellus (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌚 (avif)

References[edit]

  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