Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-wōs

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-wōs.

Suffix

*-wōs

1. Forms perfect active participles.

Usage notes

Sabellic attests these participles in passive function, not active function. In some verbs, it apparently displaced the inherited *-tos perfect passive participle.

Declension

Declension of *-wōs (consonant stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-wōs	*-wōs	*-wos
vocative	*-wōs	*-wōs	*-wos
accusative	*-usem	*-usem	*-wos
genitive	*-uses, -usos	*-uses, -usos	*-uses, -usos
dative	*-usei	*-usei	*-usei
ablative	*-usi? -use?	*-usi? -use?	*-usi? -use?
locative	*-usi? -use?	*-usi? -use?	*-usi? -use?
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-uses	*-uses	*-usā
vocative	*-uses	*-uses	*-usā
accusative	*-usens	*-usens	*-usā
genitive	*-usom	*-usom	*-usom
dative	*-usəβos	*-usβos	*-usβos
ablative	*-usəβos	*-usβos	*-usβos
locative	*-usəβos	*-usβos	*-usβos

Derived terms

• *fak-wōs
  • Oscan: facus, ⇒ praefucus (“prefect”)
• *linkʷ-wōs
  • South Picene: 𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌔𐌄𐌔 (vepses)