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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wōks
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), an o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /woːks/
Noun
*wōks f[1]
- voice
Declension
| consonant stemDeclension of *wōks (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *wōks | *wōkes |
| vocative | *wōks | *wōkes |
| accusative | *wōkem | *wōkens |
| genitive | *wōkes, wōkos | *wōkom |
| dative | *wōkei | *wōkəβos |
| ablative | *wōki? wōke? | *wōkəβos |
| locative | *wōki? wōke? | *wōkəβos |
Descendants
- Latin: vōx, vocō (either a denominative from the oblique stem *wokʷ- or from an intermediate derivative *wokʷ-ā < *wokʷ-eh₂)
- Umbrian: 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌏 (suboco, “invocation”) (< *sub-wok-(o-)); 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌀𐌖𐌖 (subocauu), 𐌔𐌖𐌁𐌏𐌂𐌀𐌖 (subocau, “I invoke”) (< *sub-wok-ā-je-)
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