Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/juwenis

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 *h₂yéwHō (“young”).

Adjective

*juwenis (comparative *juwenjōs, superlative *juwenisemos)[1]

  1. young
    Antonym: *seneks

Declension

Declension of *juwenis (i-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *juwenis *juwenis *juwene
vocative *juwenis *juwenis *juwene
accusative *juwenim *juwenim *juwene
genitive *juweneis *juweneis *juwenjes
dative *juwenei *juwenei *juwenei
ablative *juwenīd *juwenīd *juwenīd
locative *juwenei *juwenei *juwenei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *juwenēs *juwenēs *juwenjā
vocative *juwenēs *juwenēs *juwenjā
accusative *juwenins *juwenins *juwenjā
genitive *juwenjom *juwenjom *juwenjom
dative *juweniβos *juweniβos *juweniβos
ablative *juweniβos *juweniβos *juweniβos
locative *juweniβos *juweniβos *juweniβos

Descendants

  • Latin: iuvenis (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iuvenis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 317-8
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