Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/jowos

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 *h₂yew- (“straight, right”).[1]

Noun

*jowos n[1]

  1. court of law
  2. oath

Declension

Declension of *jowos (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *jowos *jowezā
vocative *jowos *jowezā
accusative *jowos *jowezā
genitive *jowezes, jowezos *jowezom
dative *jowezei *jowezβos
ablative *jowezi? joweze? *jowezβos
locative *jowezi? joweze? *jowezβos

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Latin: ious
    • Latin: iūs (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iūs, -ris 'law'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-7
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