Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sūs

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 *suH-.

Noun

*sūs m or f[1]

  1. pig

Inflection

The Indo-European root *suH- manifests as *sū- before consonant-initial endings and breaks into *suw- before vowel-initial endings.

Declension of *sūs (consonant stem, irregular)
singular plural
nominative *sūs *suwes
vocative *sūs *suwes
accusative *sūm *sūns
genitive *suwes, suwos *suwom
dative *suwei *sūβos
ablative *suwi? suwe? *sūβos
locative *suwi? suwe? *sūβos

Descendants

  • Latin: sūs (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: sim (acc. sg), 𐌔𐌉𐌚 (sif, acc. pl)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 603
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