𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁nom. Cognate with Latin vīnum n, Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos), ϝοῖνος m (woînos). Because of the *-oy- of Greek, which can yield -ī- in Latin but not in Umbrian, this was traditionally believed to be a Latin loan.

Noun

𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 • (vinu /vīnū/) n (early Iguvine) (ablative singular)

1. wine
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 4:

     ⁴ [...] 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌔⁚​𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖⁚​𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌐𐌖𐌍𐌉⁚​

     heris vinu heri puni

     [Sacrifice] either with wine or mead.

Declension

• (ablative singular) e.Ig. 𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 (vinu); l.Ig. uinu
• (accusative singular) e.Ig. 𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 (vinu)

Noun

𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 • (vinu /vīnom/) (early Iguvine) (accusative singular)

1. See 𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 (vinu, “wine”).

Further reading

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “uinu”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 57