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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/meos

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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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    From *meyos, the thematization of *(h₁)mey, the dative of Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. See Latin me (me).

    Compare Proto-Slavic *mojь (my) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *majas, from PIE *moyos.

    Determiner

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    *meos[1]

    1. my; first-person singular possessive

    Declension

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    Declension of *meos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *meos *meā *meom
    vocative *mee *mea *meom
    accusative *meom *meam *meom
    genitive *meosjo, meī *meās *meosjo, meī
    dative *meōi *meāi *meōi
    ablative *meōd *meād *meōd
    locative *meei *meāi *meei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *meōs, meoi *meās *meā
    vocative *meōs, meoi *meās *meā
    accusative *meons *means *meā
    genitive *meom *meāzōm *meom
    dative *meois *meais *meois
    ablative *meois *meais *meois
    locative *meois *meais *meois
    Declension of personal pronouns
    singular 1st person 2nd person reflexive
    nominative *egō *tū
    accusative *mē *tē *sē
    genitive *mei *tei *sei
    dative *meɣei *teβei *seβei
    ablative *med *ted *sed
    possessive *meos *towos *sowos
    plural 1st person 2nd person reflexive
    nominative *nōs *wōs
    accusative *nōs *wōs *sē
    genitive *nosterom *westerom *sei
    dative *nōβei *wōβei *seβei
    ablative *nōβei *wōβei *sed
    possessive *nosteros *westeros *sowos

    Descendants

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    • Latin: meus
    • Oscan: miio (feminine nominative singular)

    References

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    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, pages 267-268