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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/seɣwēros

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 *séǵʰwr̥, from the root *seǵʰ- (to hold, maintain; to overpower).

Adjective

*seɣwēros (comparative *seɣwērjōs, superlative *seɣwērisemos)[1]

  1. severe

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: sevērus (see there for further descendants)

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
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