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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷeru

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 *gʷéru (“spit, spear”).

Noun

*gʷeru n[1]

  1. spit

Declension
u-stemDeclension of *gʷeru (u-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *gʷeru (gʷerū?) *gʷerwā, gʷerūā?
vocative *gʷeru (gʷerū?) *gʷerwā, gʷerūā?
accusative *gʷeru (gʷerū?) *gʷerwā, gʷerūā?
genitive *gʷerous, gʷerwos *gʷerwom (gʷerowom?)
dative *gʷerowei *gʷeruβos
ablative *gʷerūd *gʷeruβos
locative *gʷerou? *gʷeruβos

Descendants
  • Latin: verū (“spit”)
  • Umbrian 𐌁𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (berva, acc.pl.), 𐌁𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌔 (berus, “sacrificial instrument”, abl.pl.)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “veru, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 668
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