Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/paukos

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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 *peh₂ukos, from *peh₂w- (few, little).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*paukos (comparative *paukjōs, superlative *paukisemos)

  1. few

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: paucus (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “paucus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 450-1