Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-eos

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 earlier *-ejos.

This suffix also appears in Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) in e.g. χρῡ́σεος (khrū́seos, “golden”).^[1]

Suffix

*-eos

Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material.
‎*fars (“flour”) + ‎*-eos → ‎*farseos (“made of flour”)

Declension

Declension of *-eos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-eos	*-eā	*-eom
vocative	*-ee	*-ea	*-eom
accusative	*-eom	*-eam	*-eom
genitive	*-eosjo, -eī	*-eās	*-eosjo, -eī
dative	*-eōi	*-eāi	*-eōi
ablative	*-eōd	*-eād	*-eōd
locative	*-eei	*-eāi	*-eei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-eōs, -eoi	*-eās	*-eā
vocative	*-eōs, -eoi	*-eās	*-eā
accusative	*-eons	*-eans	*-eā
genitive	*-eom	*-eāzōm	*-eom
dative	*-eois	*-eais	*-eois
ablative	*-eois	*-eais	*-eois
locative	*-eois	*-eais	*-eois

Derived terms

Proto-Italic terms suffixed with *-eos

Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aezneos

Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/farseos

Descendants

Latin: -eus
Oscan: -ιω (-iō, acc. pl. n.) (in αιζνιω (aizniō))
Umbrian: -𐌉𐌖 (-iu), -io (acc. pl. n.) (in 𐌚𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌖 (fasiu))

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 287

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