Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wentos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts. The vowel was originally long, but was shortened through Osthoff's law.

Noun[edit]

*wentos m

  1. wind

Declension[edit]

o-stemDeclension of *wentos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *wentos *wentōs, wentoi
vocative *wente *wentōs, wentoi
accusative *wentom *wentons
genitive *wentosjo, wentī *wentom
dative *wentōi *wentois
ablative *wentōd *wentois
locative *wentei *wentois

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: ventus (see there for further descendants)