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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tauros
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
A pan-Indo-European substrate word, or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.
Noun
*tauros m[1]
- bull
Declension
| o-stemDeclension of *tauros (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | *tauros | *taurōs, -oi |
| vocative | *taure | *taurōs, -oi |
| accusative | *taurom | *taurons |
| genitive | *taurosjo, -ī | *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, page 607