Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/duō

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 *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.oː/

Numeral

cardinal number

2	Previous:	*oinos
	Next:	*trēs

*duō (indeclinable)

1. two

Descendants

• Latin: duo
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: doi m, dao f, dau f, dauã f, doauã f
    • Istro-Romanian: doi
    • Megleno-Romanian: doi, doauă
    • Romanian: doi m, două f
  • Dalmatian Romance:
    • Dalmatian: doi
    • Istriot: dui, duj
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: dui m, duie f
    • Italian: due, duo, ⇒ duetto (see there for further descendants)
    • Neapolitan: dduje
    • Sicilian: dui
  • Padanian:
    • Rhaeto-Romance
      • Friulian: doi, dôs
      • Ladin: doi
      • Romansch: dus m, duas f
    • Gallo-Italic
      • Piedmontese: doi
      • Venetian: do m, due f
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: doux m, doves f
    • Old French: deus
      • Middle French: deus
        • French: deux
        • Norman: deux, daeux
      • Walloon: deus
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: dos m, dues f
    • Old Occitan: dos m, doas f, doi
      • Occitan: dos m, doas f, dui, doi, (Aranese) dus
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: dos
    • Old Leonese:
      • Asturian: dos
      • Mirandese: dous m, dues f
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: dous m, duas f
      • Fala: dois
      • Galician: dous
      • Portuguese: dois, dous (dated)
      • Galician: dúas
      • Portuguese: duas
    • Old Spanish: dos
      • Ladino: dos
      • Spanish: dos
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: duos, duas
  • Constructed languages:
    • → Esperanto: du
    • → Ido: du
    • → Interlingua: duo
• Oscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌔 (dus)
• Umbrian: 𐌕𐌖𐌚 (tuf), dur