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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kō
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koː/
Noun
*kō m[1]
- dog
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kō | *kʷanes |
| Vocative | *kō | *kʷanes |
| Accusative | *kʷanem | *kʷanens |
| Genitive | *kunes, *kunos | *kunom |
| Dative | *kunei | *kunəβos |
| Ablative | *kuni? *kune? | *kunəβos |
| Locative | *kuni? -e? | *kunəβos |
Descendants
- Latin: canis (generalized from the stem *kan-, analogically levelled from the accusative/plural *kʷan-)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN