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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/loizā
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloi̯.zaː/
Noun
*loizā f[1]
- furrow
Declension
| ā-stemDeclension of *loizā (ā-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | *loizā | *loizās |
| vocative | *loiza | *loizās |
| accusative | *loizām, -am | *loizans |
| genitive | *loizās | *loizāzom |
| dative | *loizāi | *loizais |
| ablative | *loizād | *loizais |
| locative | *loizāi | *loizais |
Descendants
- Latin: līra, dēlīrus
- Oscan: 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 (luisarifs, ablative plural, the name of a month, perhaps “in which the furrows are drawn”)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 245