Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kankros

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Dissimilation from *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure".

Semantic etymology: because the pincers of a crab form a circle.

Noun

*kankros m

crab

Declension

o-stemDeclension of *kankros (o-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kankros	*kankrōs, -oi
vocative	*kankre	*kankrōs, -oi
accusative	*kankrom	*kankrons
genitive	*kankrosjo, -ī	*kankrom
dative	*kankrōi	*kankrois
ablative	*kankrōd	*kankrois
locative	*kankrei	*kankrois

Descendants

Latin: cancer (see there for further descendants)