Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/apros

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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

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Etymology

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Similar words around European languages include Proto-Germanic *eburaz (boar), Proto-Slavic *veprь (boar), and Latvian vepris (castrated boar). Given that these words cannot be related by regular sound correspondences, they are probably borrowed from a lost, unknown substrate language.[1]

The *a instead of *e in the Italic word possibly arose under the influence of *kapros (goat).

Noun

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*apros m[2][3]

  1. wild boar

Declension

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o-stemDeclension of *apros (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *apros *aprōs, aproi
vocative *apre *aprōs, aproi
accusative *aprom *aprons
genitive *aprosjo, aprī *aprom
dative *aprōi *aprois
ablative *aprōd *aprois
locative *aprei *aprois

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: aper
    • Sardinian: apru
    • Italian: apro
  • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌚 (apruf), abrof (acc. pl.)

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ebura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aper”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
  3. ^ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “U. abrof”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, page 45