Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kāros

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 *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire”).[1]

    Adjective

    *kāros (comparative *kārjōs, superlative *kārisemos)

    1. dear

    Inflection

    Declension of *kāros (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *kāros *kārā *kārom
    vocative *kāre *kāra *kārom
    accusative *kārom *kāram *kārom
    genitive *kārosjo, kārī *kārās *kārosjo, kārī
    dative *kārōi *kārāi *kārōi
    ablative *kārōd *kārād *kārōd
    locative *kārei *kārāi *kārei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *kārōs, kāroi *kārās *kārā
    vocative *kārōs, kāroi *kārās *kārā
    accusative *kārons *kārans *kārā
    genitive *kārom *kārāzōm *kārom
    dative *kārois *kārais *kārois
    ablative *kārois *kārais *kārois
    locative *kārois *kārais *kārois

    Descendants

    • Faliscan: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌉 (karai, dat.sg.f.)
    • Latin: cārus (see there for further descendants)
    • Venetic: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔 (karis)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 95-96
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