Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷraus

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

    Category:Proto-Italic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GʷRAUSCategory:Proto-Italic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#GʷRAUSCategory:Proto-Italic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷreh₂-#GʷRAUS

    From Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Proto-Italic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#GʷRAUSCategory:Proto-Italic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GʷRAUS *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).[1]

    Adjective

    *gʷrausCategory:Proto-Italic lemmas#GʷRAUSCategory:Proto-Italic adjectives#GʷRAUSCategory:Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header#GʷRAUSCategory:Pages with entries#GʷRAUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GʷRAUS[1]

    1. heavy
      Synonym: *gʷrūtos
      Antonym: *leɣʷis

    Reconstruction notes

    • The fact that Latin shows enlargement of the u-stem into an i-stem while Oscan into an o-stem shows that such shift post-dated the split of Proto-Italic, which must have mantained u-stem adjectives.[1]

    Descendants

    References

    1. 1 2 3 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “gravis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
    Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Proto-Italic adjectives Category:Proto-Italic lemmas Category:Proto-Italic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Proto-Italic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷreh₂- Category:Proto-Italic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European