Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/táwros
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from or into Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”), or both originated from a common unknown source. (The unconditioned /a/ suggests a non-Indo-European etymon.)
Noun
[edit]*táwros m (non-ablauting)[1][2][3]
Inflection
[edit]| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *táwros | ||
| genitive | *táwrosyo | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *táwros | *táwroh₁ | *táwroes |
| vocative | *táwre | *táwroh₁ | *táwroes |
| accusative | *táwrom | *táwroh₁ | *táwroms |
| genitive | *táwrosyo | *? | *táwroHom |
| ablative | *táwread | *? | *táwromos, *táwrobʰos |
| dative | *táwroey | *? | *táwromos, *táwrobʰos |
| locative | *táwrey, *táwroy | *? | *táwroysu |
| instrumental | *táwroh₁ | *? | *táwrōys |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *taura (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *taurás (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *steuraz, *þeuraz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *tarwos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *táuros (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stáwras (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *tauros (see there for further descendants)
- Lusitanian: taurom
References
[edit]- ^ Mallory, James Patrick (1989) In Search of the Indo-Europeans, Thames and Hudson, →ISBN, page 150
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 82
- ^ Anthony, David (2007) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 147