Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kupros

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 *kuprós, whence also Proto-Celtic *kubros (“desired, desiring”).[1] The root is *kwep- (“to boil”).

Adjective

*kupros

  1. good
    Synonym: *dwenos

Declension

Declension of *kupros (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kupros *kuprā *kuprom
vocative *kupre *kupra *kuprom
accusative *kuprom *kupram *kuprom
genitive *kuprosjo, kuprī *kuprās *kuprosjo, kuprī
dative *kuprōi *kuprāi *kuprōi
ablative *kuprōd *kuprād *kuprōd
locative *kuprei *kuprāi *kuprei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kuprōs, kuproi *kuprās *kuprā
vocative *kuprōs, kuproi *kuprās *kuprā
accusative *kuprons *kuprans *kuprā
genitive *kuprom *kuprāzōm *kuprom
dative *kuprois *kuprais *kuprois
ablative *kuprois *kuprais *kuprois
locative *kuprois *kuprais *kuprois

Descendants

  • Latin: Cupra
  • ⇒ South Picene: 𐌊𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌝 (kuprí), 𐌒𐌖𐌐𐌝𐌓𐌝𐌇 (qupíríh, “well”) (adverb in *-ēd)
  • Umbrian: 𐌂𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌔 (cupras), cubrar (gen. sg. f.)
  • Sabine: ciprum

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cupiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
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