Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wōks

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 *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), an o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /woːks/

Noun

*wōks f

1. voice

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *wōks (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*wōks	*wōkes
vocative	*wōks	*wōkes
accusative	*wōkem	*wōkens
genitive	*wōkes, wōkos	*wōkom
dative	*wōkei	*wōkβos
ablative	*wōki? wōke?	*wōkβos
locative	*wōki? wōke?	*wōkβos

Descendants

• Latin: vōx, vocō (either a denominative from the oblique stem *wokʷ- or from an intermediate derivative *wokʷ-ā < *wokʷ-eh₂)
• Umbrian: 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌏 (suboco, “invocation”) (< *sub-wok-(o-)); 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌀𐌖𐌖 (subocauu), 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌀𐌖 (subocau, “I invoke”) (< *sub-wok-ā-je-)