Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Kerēs

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 *ḱerh₁-, *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, nourish”), with further connections to *ḱer- (“to grow”) uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek κορέννῡμῐ (korénnūmĭ, “to satiate”), Lithuanian šérti (“to feed”), Old High German hirso (“millet”).

Proper noun

*Kerēs f

1. Ceres

Inflection

Declension of *Kerēs (consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*Kerēs	*Kerezes
vocative	*Kerēs	*Kerezes
accusative	*Kerezem	*Kerezens
genitive	*Kerezes, Kerezos	*Kerezom
dative	*Kerezei	*Kerezβos
ablative	*Kerezi? Kereze?	*Kerezβos
locative	*Kerezi? Kereze?	*Kerezβos

Derived terms

• *Keresos (male counterpart)
  • Latin: Cerus
  • Umbrian: 𐌜𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌄 (çerfe, gen. sg.)
• *keresjos

Descendants

• Latino-Faliscan:
  • Latin: Cerēs (see there for further descendants)
  • Faliscan: 𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (ceres, “Ceres”)
• Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝 (kerrí, dat. sg.)