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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/gʷraus

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 *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).

Adjective

*gʷraus[1]

  1. heavy
    Antonym: *leɣʷis
    Synonym: *gʷrūtos

Reconstruction notes
  • The fact that Latin shows enlargement of the u-stem into an i-stem while Oscan into an o-stem shows that such shift post-dated the split of Proto-Italic, which must have mantained u-stem adjectives.[1]

Descendants
  • ⇒ Latin: gravis (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Oscan: 𐌁𐌓𐌀𐌅𐌞𐌔 (bravús, acc.pl.m.)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gravis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
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