Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Kerēs

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 *ḱerh₁-, *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, nourish”), with further connections to *ḱer- (“to grow”) uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek κορέννῡμῐ (korénnūmĭ, “to satiate”), Lithuanian šérti (“to feed”), Old High German hirso (“millet”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Kerēs f^[1]

Ceres

Inflection

Declension of *Kerēs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Kerēs	*Kerezes
vocative	*Kerēs	*Kerezes
accusative	*Kerezem	*Kerezens
genitive	*Kerezes, Kerezos	*Kerezom
dative	*Kerezei	*Kerezβos
ablative	*Kerezi? Kereze?	*Kerezβos
locative	*Kerezi? Kereze?	*Kerezβos

Derived terms

*Keresos (male counterpart)
- Latin: Cerus
- Umbrian: 𐌜𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌄 (çerfe, gen. sg.)
*keresjos (“belonging to Ceres”)
- Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝𐌉𐌞𐌝 m (kerríiúí), 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝𐌉𐌀𐌝 f (kerríiaí)
- Umbrian: śerfi m, śerfie f
- Marrucinian: cerria, cerie
- Paelignian: cerria, ceria

Descendants

Latino-Faliscan:
- Latin: Cerēs (see there for further descendants)
- Faliscan: 𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (ceres, “Ceres”)
Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝 (kerrí, dat. sg.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “Cerēs, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 109-110