Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/towos

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 *túh₂ (you).

Determiner

*towos[1]

  1. your; second-person singular possessive

Declension

Declension of *towos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *towos *towā *towom
vocative *towe *towa *towom
accusative *towom *towam *towom
genitive *towosjo, towī *towās *towosjo, towī
dative *towōi *towāi *towōi
ablative *towōd *towād *towōd
locative *towei *towāi *towei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *towōs, towoi *towās *towā
vocative *towōs, towoi *towās *towā
accusative *towons *towans *towā
genitive *towom *towāzōm *towom
dative *towois *towais *towois
ablative *towois *towais *towois
locative *towois *towais *towois
Declension of personal pronouns
singular 1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative *egō *tū
accusative *mē *tē *sē
genitive *mei *tei *sei
dative *meɣei *teβei *seβei
ablative *med *ted *sed
possessive *meos *towos *sowos
plural 1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative *nōs *wōs as singular
accusative *nōs *wōs
genitive *nosterom *westerom
dative *nōβei *wōβei
ablative *nōβei *wōβei
possessive *nosteros *westeros

Descendants

  • Latin: tuus
  • Oscan: 𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀𐌉 (tuvai, nom. pl. fem.)[2]
  • Umbrian: touer, tuer (gen. sg. m.), tuua, tua (nom. sg. f.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 140