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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moiros

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 *moy-ro-, from *mey- (to build).

Noun

*moiros m[1]

  1. wall

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *moiros (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *moiros *moirōs, moiroi
vocative *moire *moirōs, moiroi
accusative *moirom *moirons
genitive *moirosjo, moirī *moirom
dative *moirōi *moirois
ablative *moirōd *moirois
locative *moirei *moirois

Descendants

  • Latin: mūrus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
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