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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwis

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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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Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
2
    Cardinal: *duō
    Adverbial: *dwis
    Prefix: *dwi-

Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *dwís (twice).[1]

    Adverb

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    *dwis

    1. twice

    Descendants

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    • Faliscan: 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), 𐌐𐌉 (pi)
    • Latin: bis (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72

    Further reading

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    • Bakkum, Gabriël C.L.M. (2009), The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship, Amsterdam University Press, page 180