Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moiros

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 *moy-ro-, from *mey- (“to strengthen”).[1]

    Noun

    *moiros m[1]

    1. wall

    Declension

    Declension of *moiros (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *moiros *moirōs, moiroi
    vocative *moire *moirōs, moiroi
    accusative *moirom *moirons
    genitive *moirosjo, moirī *moirom
    dative *moirōi *moirois
    ablative *moirōd *moirois
    locative *moirei *moirois

    Descendants

    • Latin: mūrus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
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