Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fars

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

Many apparent cognates can be found around Europe, such as Old Irish bairgen (“bread”), Welsh bara (“bread”), Proto-Slavic *boršьno, and Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”), tentatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, bristle”). The matching s-stem in Germanic could point to *bʰóros ~ *bʰóresos with unusual o-grade. However, De Vaan doubts the existence of an inherited Indo-European root for these, given the *a shared by the words, and wonders if they were derived from a foreign source.[1]

Noun

*fars n

  1. flour
  2. grain

Declension

Declension of *fars (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *fars *farsā
vocative *fars *farsā
accusative *fars *farsā
genitive *farses, farsos *farsom
dative *farsei *farsβos
ablative *farsi? farse? *farsβos
locative *farsi? farse? *farsβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: far (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓 (far)
  • Faliscan: 𐌅𐌀𐌓 (far)
  • Umbrian: far (acc. sg), farer (gen. sg.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “far”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 201-202
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