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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Kerēs
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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 *ḱerh₁-, *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, nourish”), with further connections to *ḱer- (“to grow”) uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek κορέννῡμῐ (korénnūmi, “to satiate”), Lithuanian šérti (“to feed”), Old High German hirso (“millet”).[1]
Inflection
| consonant stemDeclension of *Kerēs (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *Kerēs | *Kerezes |
| vocative | *Kerēs | *Kerezes |
| accusative | *Kerezem | *Kerezens |
| genitive | *Kerezes, Kerezos | *Kerezom |
| dative | *Kerezei | *Kerezəβos |
| ablative | *Kerezi? Kereze? | *Kerezəβos |
| locative | *Kerezi? Kereze? | *Kerezəβos |
Derived terms
- *Keresos (male counterpart)
- Latin: Cerus
- Umbrian: 𐌜𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌄 (çerfe, gen. sg.)
- *keresjos (“belonging to Ceres”)
- Oscan: 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝𐌉𐌞𐌝 m (kerríiúí), 𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌓𐌝𐌉𐌀𐌝 f (kerríiaí)
- Umbrian: śerfi m, śerfie f
Descendants
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “Cerēs, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 109-110
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