Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/táuros
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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*táuros m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *táuros | *táurō | *táuroi |
| vocative | *táure | *táurō | *táuroi |
| accusative | *táuron | *táurō | *táurons |
| genitive | *táuroyyo | *táuroyyun | *táurōn |
| dative | *táurōi | *táuroyyun | *táurois |
| locative | *táuroi, -ei | — | *táuroihi |
| instrumental | *táurō | — | *táurōis |
Descendants
[edit]- Ancient Greek: ταῦρος (taûros) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ταῦρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1455-1456