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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tauros
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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 *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).
Declension
| o-stemDeclension of *tauros (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *tauros | *taurōs, tauroi |
| vocative | *taure | *taurōs, tauroi |
| accusative | *taurom | *taurons |
| genitive | *taurosjo, taurī | *taurom |
| dative | *taurōi | *taurois |
| ablative | *taurōd | *taurois |
| locative | *taurei | *taurois |
Descendants
- Latin: taurus (see there for further descendants)
- Umbrian: turuf
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “taurus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 607
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