Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-nos

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 *-nós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).

    Adjective

    *-nos[1]

    1. Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

    Declension

    Declension of *-nos (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-nos *-nā *-nom
    vocative *-ne *-na *-nom
    accusative *-nom *-nam *-nom
    genitive *-nosjo, -nī *-nās *-nosjo, -nī
    dative *-nōi *-nāi *-nōi
    ablative *-nōd *-nād *-nōd
    locative *-nei *-nāi *-nei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-nōs, -noi *-nās *-nā
    vocative *-nōs, -noi *-nās *-nā
    accusative *-nons *-nans *-nā
    genitive *-nom *-nāzōm *-nom
    dative *-nois *-nais *-nois
    ablative *-nois *-nais *-nois
    locative *-nois *-nais *-nois

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: -nus

    References

    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