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 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

• Umbrian: 𐌁𐌖𐌌 (bum) (accusative singular), bue (ablative singular), 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf), buf (accusative plural)
• Volscian: bim < *būm (accusative singular)
• Latin: bōs (loanword from Sabellic, the expected inherited form would have *v-)