Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷōs

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 *gʷṓws.

Noun

*gʷōs m or f

1. cow

Declension

consonant stem, irregularDeclension of *gʷōs (consonant stem, irregular)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*gʷōs	*gʷowes
vocative	*gʷōs	*gʷowes
accusative	*gʷōm	*gʷouns? *gʷowens?
genitive	*gʷowes, gʷowos	*gʷowom
dative	*gʷowei	*gʷouβos
ablative	*gʷowi? gʷowe?	*gʷouβos
locative	*gʷowi? gʷowe?	*gʷouβos

Descendants

• Osco-Umbrian:
  • Umbrian: bum
  • >? Volscian: bim (acc.sg.)
  • ⇒? South Picene: [script needed] (boúediín)
  • → Latin: bōs

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bōs, bovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74–75