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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wetelos

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 *wet- (year) + *-elos.

Noun

*wetelos m (feminine *wetelā)[1]

  1. bull calf, yearling

Inflection

o-stemDeclension of *wetelos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *wetelos *wetelōs, weteloi
vocative *wetele *wetelōs, weteloi
accusative *wetelom *wetelons
genitive *wetelosjo, wetelī *wetelom
dative *wetelōi *wetelois
ablative *wetelōd *wetelois
locative *wetelei *wetelois

Descendants

  • Latin: vitulus
  • Umbrian: 𐌅𐌉𐌕𐌋𐌖 (vitlu, accusative sg.), 𐌅𐌉𐌕𐌋𐌖𐌚 (vitluf, accusative pl.)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vitulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 685
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