Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/rowos

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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 *rewh₁os, from *rewh₁- (open space, field). Cognate with Old Irish róe (flat field), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, open space), English room.

Noun[edit]

*rowos n[1]

  1. country, countryside, open land

Inflection[edit]

consonant stemDeclension of *rowos (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *rowos *rowezā
vocative *rowos *rowezā
accusative *rowos *rowezā
genitive *rowezes, rowezos *rowezom
dative *rowezei *rowezəβos
ablative *rowezi? roweze? *rowezəβos
locative *rowezi? roweze? *rowezəβos

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: rūs

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531