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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dwenos

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to fit”); compare Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to do, make”) and Ancient Greek δύναμαι (dúnamai, “to be able”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-u, from *deh₃- (“to give”).

Adjective

*dwenos (comparative *meljōs, superlative *optimos, adverb *dwened)[1]

  1. good

Declension
Declension of *dwenos (o/ā-stem)
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *dwenos *dwenā *dwenom
Vocative *dwene *dwena *dwenom
Accusative *dwenom *dwenam *dwenom
Genitive *dwenosjo, dwenī *dwenās *dwenosjo, dwenī
Dative *dwenōi *dwenāi *dwenōi
Ablative *dwenōd *dwenād *dwenōd
Locative *dwenei *dwenāi *dwenei
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *dwenōs, dwenoi *dwenās *dwenā
Vocative *dwenōs, dwenoi *dwenās *dwenā
Accusative *dwenons *dwenans *dwenā
Genitive *dwenom *dwenāzōm *dwenom
Dative *dwenois *dwenais *dwenois
Ablative *dwenois *dwenais *dwenois
Locative *dwenois *dwenais *dwenois

Antonyms
  • *malos

Descendants
  • Faliscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌔 (duenas, feminine genitive singular), 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌌 (duenom, neuter nominative/accusative singular)
  • Old Latin: duenos, duonus
    • Latin: bonus (see there for further descendants)
  • Umbrian: funir

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, pages 73-4
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