Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/jokos

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 *yók-os, from *yek- (“to utter”) +‎ *-os (action noun suffix).[1]

Noun

*jokos m[1]

  1. utterance

Declension

Declension of *jokos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jokos *jokōs, jokoi
vocative *joke *jokōs, jokoi
accusative *jokom *jokons
genitive *jokosjo, jokī *jokom
dative *jokōi *jokois
ablative *jokōd *jokois
locative *jokei *jokois
  • *jokom
    • Umbrian: 𐌉𐌖𐌊𐌀 (iuka), 𐌉𐌖𐌊𐌖 (iuku, “prayers”, acc. pl.)

Descendants

  • Latin: iocus (“joke, amusement”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iocus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
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