Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wiros

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 *wiHrós.

Noun

*wiros m[1]

  1. a man

Declension

Declension of *wiros (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wiros *wirōs, wiroi
vocative *wire *wirōs, wiroi
accusative *wirom *wirons
genitive *wirosjo, wirī *wirom
dative *wirōi *wirois
ablative *wirōd *wirois
locative *wirei *wirois

Descendants

  • Latin: vir
  • Umbrian: uiro, ueiro (accusative plural)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vir”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 681