Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gustus

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 *ǵéwstus (“taste”).[1]

Noun

*gustus m

  1. taste

Declension

Declension of *gustus (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gustus *gustowes
vocative *gustus *gustowes
accusative *gustum *gustuns
genitive *gustous *gustwom
dative *gustowei *gustuβos
ablative *gustūd *gustuβos
locative *gustou *gustuβos

Descendants

  • Latin: gustus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gustus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
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