Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/deiwos

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 *deywós.

Noun

*deiwos m

1. god, deity

Declension

Declension of *deiwos (o-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*deiwos	*deiwōs, deiwoi
vocative	*deiwe	*deiwōs, deiwoi
accusative	*deiwom	*deiwons
genitive	*deiwosjo, deiwī	*deiwom
dative	*deiwōi	*deiwois
ablative	*deiwōd	*deiwois
locative	*deiwei	*deiwois

Derived terms

• *deiwā
• *deiwīnos

Related terms

• *djous

Descendants

• Old Latin: deivos (Duenos inscription)
  • Latin: deus, Latin: dīvus
• Venetic: 𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌏𐌔 (deivos, acc.pl.) (possibly)
• Umbrian: deueia, dei, di
• Volscian: deue (dat.sg.)
• ⇒ Oscan: deiuatud

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167