Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwi-

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

**Proto-Italic numbers ^(edit)**
	2	3 →
Cardinal: duō Adverbial: dwis Multiplier: duplos Prefix: dwi-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwi-.

Prefix

*dwi-^[1]^[2]

two, bi-, di-

Derived terms

Proto-Italic terms prefixed with *dwi-

Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwipōts

Descendants

Latin: bi-, du-
Umbrian: 𐌕𐌖- (tu-), du- (as in 𐌕𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌊 (tuplak) and dupursus)

References

^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 366-367
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71: “*dwi-”

[1] Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 366-367

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71: “*dwi-”

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