Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/karō

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 *(s)kér(H)-ō, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old English sċearu (“a portion, share”), whence English share.

Noun

*karō f

piece, portion
meat

Declension

It is uncertain whether the lack of vowel between the root and the nasal in the oblique stem is original or secondarily obtained in the daughter languages by syncope. De Vaan leans towards syncope.^[1]

Declension of *karō (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*karō	*kar(o)nes
vocative	*karō	*kar(o)nes
accusative	*kar(o)nem	*kar(o)nens
genitive	*kar(o)nes, kar(o)nos	*kar(o)nom
dative	*kar(o)nei	*kar(o)nβos
ablative	*kar(o)ni? kar(o)ne?	*kar(o)nβos
locative	*kar(o)ni? kar(o)ne?	*kar(o)nβos

Descendants

Latin: carō (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: karneis (genitive singular)
Umbrian: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu)

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 94

[1] 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 94

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